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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[From OF.

hourd

hourt

, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D.

horde

hurdle, fence, G.

horde

hürde

; akin to E.

hurdle

. √16. See

(Arch.)

A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work.

[Eng.]

Posted on every dead wall and

hoarding

London Graphic.

A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something.

The whole arrangement was surrounded by a

hoarding

, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin.

Tyndall.

ppr.

Laying up in store.

Instinctively collecting and laying up provisions for winter; as, the squirrel is a hoarding animal.