board fence

Wooden yard divider

A board fence is a fence made of horizontal or vertical wooden boards attached to posts, as opposed to one made of wire, chain link, or pickets.

Board fences are common around pastures, yards, and gardens: The old board fence needed repainting.

Related

backyard · back forty · neighbor · next door · boundary · property line · posts · rails · whitewash · splinter · climb · peeking through · gate · property · no trespassing · lattice · cedar · nails

Opposites
fence material/construction type

board fencechain-link fence

Woven wire boundary barrier

wire mesh fence · metal fence · mesh fence · wrought iron fence · barbed wire fence

barrier permeability/visibility

board fencechain-link fence

Woven wire boundary barrier

wire mesh fence · picket fence · split rail fence · lattice fence · wrought iron fence

Family

board, fence, boards, boarded, boarding, boarder, boardroom, skateboard, cardboard

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G