unfenced
English
Adjective
unfenced (not comparable)
- Not enclosed by a fence or other boundary; free to roam over a wider area.
- 1858, The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archaeological Society
- Ireland must have remained utterly unfenced and, therefore, uncultivated, for many a century; and the sparse tribes that inhabited the country must have principally subsisted venatically.
- 1858, The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archaeological Society
- (figuratively) Without protection; defenseless.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 81:
- She [Nature] has made the hinder part of the Head, more strong, as being otherwise unfenced against falls and other casualties.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 81:
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