boundary wall

Estate's edge enclosure

A boundary wall is a wall marking the edge of a property or territory, separating one area from another.

Unlike interior walls, boundary walls define limits and ownership: The old boundary wall between the two estates had crumbled.

The term appears in legal contexts involving property disputes and in descriptions of historic gardens or estates.

Related

partition · fortification · rampart · stone · brick · brick and mortar · property · garden · divide · border · trespass · climbing · mortar · gate · privacy · neighbor · territory · defensive

Opposites
location/function

boundary wallinterior wall

Indoor room-dividing surface

partition wall · room divider · dividing wall · load-bearing wall · stud wall

enclosure vs. openness

boundary wallgateway

Point of access

entrance · opening · passageway · gap · breach

separation vs. connection

boundary wallbridge

Structure spanning an obstacle

shared space · common area · meeting point · junction · link

Family

boundary, wall, bound, bounds, bounded, bounding, boundless, unbounded, boundaries

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G