Hoarding - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Hoarding :  (noun)

1: large outdoor signboard [syn: billboard]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Hoard \Hoard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.] [AS. hordian.] To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Hoarding : \Hoard"ing\, n. [Based on OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, h["u]rde; akin to E. hurdle. [root]16. See Hurdle.] 1. (Arch.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.]

Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. --London Graphic.

2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something.

The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin. --Tyndall.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Hoarding : n. See software hoarding.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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