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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 958 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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:field See also:gate, filled in with brushwood . Similar movable frames can be made of See also:iron, See also:wire or other material . A construction of the same type is used in military See also:engineering and fortification as a See also:foundation for a temporary roadway across boggy ground or as a backing for earthworks .

End of Article: HURDLE (O. Eng. hyrdel, cognate with such Teutonic forms as Ger. Hilrde, Dutch horde, Eng. " hoarding "; in pre-Teutonic languages the word appears in Gr. Kvprla, wickerwork, e(pT77, Lat. cratis, basket, cf. " crate," " grate ")
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