pasture fence

Livestock containment barrier

A pasture fence is a barrier enclosing land where livestock graze.

Pasture fences vary widely—from traditional wooden post-and-rail to barbed wire to electric fencing—depending on the animals contained and local terrain.

The term emphasizes function over construction: We need to repair the pasture fence before we move the cattle.

Related

livestock · cattle · posts · rails · boundary · enclosure · farm gate · field · ranch · wooden · wire · sheep · horses · farmland · rustic · country living · herding · grass

Opposites
containment vs. freedom

pasture fenceopen range

Unfenced public grazing land

free range · wilderness · commons · open country

barrier type

pasture fenceopen range

Unfenced public grazing land

gate · free range · barn door · stile · cattle guard

Family

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