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See also:HURDLE (O. Eng. hyrdel, cognate with such See also:Teutonic forms as Ger. Hilrde, Dutch See also:horde, Eng. " hoarding "; in pre-Teutonic See also:languages the word appears in Gr. Kvprla, wickerwork, e(pT77, See also:Lat. cratis, See also:basket, cf. " crate," " See also:grate ")
, a movable temporary fence, formed of a framework of See also:light See also:timber, wattled with smaller pieces of See also:hazel, See also:willow or other pliable See also:wood, or constructed on the See also:plan of a light five-barred See also: |
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