Morpheme
Fence
Type
free base
Denotation
barrier, enclosure, protection, resistance, fortification
Etymology
Middle English fence, fens, clip of defence, defens; Old French defens, defense; Late Latin dēfēnsa, from dēfendere, from de- + *fendere
Evidence
defence, defences, fence, fenced, fenceless, fencelet, fencelike, fenceline, fencepole, fencepost, fencer, fences, fencible, fencing, geofence, offence, offences, outfence, refence, unfence, unfenced
Notes
defence and offence preferred British spellings of the nouns
