livestock fence

Animal containment boundary

A livestock fence is a barrier designed to contain farm animals—cattle, sheep, horses, pigs—within a designated area or keep them out of crops and gardens.

Livestock fencing ranges from traditional wooden posts and rails to barbed wire, electric wire, and woven wire mesh, chosen based on the animals being contained and the terrain.

Related

herd animals · ranch · posts · grazing · paddock · enclosure · gate · herd · sheep · boundary · property line · pen · wire mesh · cattle guard · farm gate · farmland · stockade · hooves

Opposites
purpose/function

livestock fencegarden fence

Enclosure around planted areas

deer fence · security fence · privacy fence · windbreak · snow fence

CONTAINMENT vs. EXCLUSION

livestock fenceopen range

Unfenced public grazing land

free range · commons · rangeland

barrier type

livestock fenceprison fence

Barrier surrounding a jail

security perimeter · crowd control barrier · border wall · fortress wall

Family

livestock, fence, live, stock, fenced, fencing, fences, stocked, stocking

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