Hoarding

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hoarding
       n : large outdoor signboard [syn: {billboard}]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  hoarding n. See {software hoarding}.