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unˈfenced, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Undefended, unprotected.
1548Elyot, Immunitus, not defended, not fortified, vnfensed. 1585Holinshed Hist. Scot. in Chron. II. 408/2 Iedworth [is] a towne which after the manner of the countrie is vnwalled and vnfensed, but onelie with the strength of the inhabitants. 1646J. Hall Horæ Vac. 90 When a man is in earnest, he stands upon his guard; in mirth he lies open unfenc't. 1654tr. Martini's Conq. China 115 The Chineses ran all away.., leaving the whole shore unfenced to their landing. 1791Cowper Odyssey xi. 316 Though puissant Heroes both, in spacious Thebes, Unfenced by towers, they could not dwell secure. 1867Morris Jason vi. 331 For the unfenced head, Where we have been, soon rests among the dead.
2. Not provided with, or enclosed by, a fence or fences.
1608Presentment in Essex Rev. XV. 46 The churchyard is unfensed, the windows unglazed. 1623Lisle ælfric on O. & N. Test. Ded. xviii, This three-cornerd Ile on ev'ry side, Unfens'd, undelv'd, ungardined. 1725Fam. Dict. s.v. Melonry, These take in three Ridges, only the outermost Ridge lies to the South unfenced. 1794Miss Berry Jrnl. (1865) I. 448 The country, tho' not without trees, is..perfectly open and unfenced and unditched. 1847Longfellow Evang. i. i. 9 Orchards and cornfields Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain. 1885Law Rep. 14 Q.B.D. 918 The footpath ran over an open moor and was unfenced.
b. Not provided with a ledge, guard, or the like.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxiv. ⁋11 He might draw too great a body of Inck to the unfenced sides; so that the Inck would be subject to run off. 1894Daily News 4 July 3/3 Machine after machine was found thus unfenced, the workpeople being too indifferent to take the trouble of putting them on. |