1.
[syn: billboard, hoarding]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hoard \Hoard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hoarding.] [AS. hordian.]
To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to
store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating;
as, to hoard grain.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hoarding \Hoard"ing\, n. [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier,
palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle,
fence, G. horde, h["u]rde; akin to E. hurdle. [root]16. See
Hurdle.]
1. (Arch.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials
while builders are at work. [Eng.]
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Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. --London
Graphic.
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2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or
concealing something.
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The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding,
the space within which was divided into compartments
by sheets of tin. --Tyndall.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hoarding
n 1: large outdoor signboard [syn: billboard, hoarding]
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
hoarding
n.
See software hoarding.