fenced pasture

Bounded livestock field

A fenced pasture is grazing land enclosed by barriers—wire, wood, or electric fencing—to contain livestock.

The phrase distinguishes managed grazing areas from open range, where animals roam freely: The cattle were moved to the fenced pasture for the summer.

In land descriptions, it often appears alongside other acreage categories like woodland or cropland.

Related

cattle guard · sheep · horses · enclosure · corral · ranch · barbed wire · split rail · gate · posts · grassland · hay field · herd · pastureland · green · rolling · acres · farm land

Opposites
enclosure/containment

fenced pastureopen range

Unfenced public grazing land

free range · open country · rangeland · common land

land management approach

fenced pastureopen range

Unfenced public grazing land

common land · commons

wildness/cultivation

fenced pasturewilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

natural habitat · backcountry · virgin land · the wild

Family

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