| 释义 |
outside the fencesAustralian / NZ informal Beyond settled country: I understood that anything outside the fences belonged to nobody...- More than one-third of the continent, over 720 million acres of it, remains outside the fences of the rural holdings.
- My suggestions are intended for the benefit of prospectors and others who have not had a varied experience outside the fences.
- Rabbits bred up very fast outside the fences on Crown Land and came on to the farmers' paddocks.
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