stone wall
Fieldwork boundary marker
A stone wall is a wall built from stones, typically without mortar in rural settings: The old stone wall marked the property boundary.
To stonewall (usually one word as a verb) is to obstruct or refuse to cooperate, especially by being evasive or unresponsive: The witness stonewalled during questioning.
In cricket, to stonewall is to bat defensively.
Something blocking the way
- blockadeSealing off a place
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- rampartFortified defensive wall
bulwark · fence · boundary · partition · enclosure · divide · perimeter · property line
Thing that obstructs progress
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- stumbling blockObstacle causing difficulty
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
gridlock · stalemate · impasse · resistance · refusal · silence · evasion · non-answer
obstruction
Something blocking the way
- blockadeSealing off a place
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
rampart · bulwark · fence · boundary · partition · enclosure · divide · perimeter · property line · border
impediment
Thing that obstructs progress
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- stumbling blockObstacle causing difficulty
deadlock · gridlock · stalemate · impasse · resistance · refusal · silence · evasion · non-answer · filibuster
- compound nounscoffee table, kitchen table, bus stop, train station, fire truck
- French countrysidefarmhouse, village, hamlet, lavender field, lavender fields
- pastoral scenerymeadows, pastures, rolling hills, farmhouse, countryside
- wallspartition walls, load-bearing walls, retaining walls, brick walls, concrete walls
- palace gardensformal gardens, parterre, topiary, topiaries, boxwood
- walls & masonrydrystone, parapet, ashlar, blockwork, brickwork
stone wallwooden fence
Plank barrier around property
picket fence · chain-link fence · bamboo fence · hedge · glass wall
stone wallfull disclosure
Withholding no information
open book · transparency · candor · open door policy · forthrightness