hoarding

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hoard=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

hoarding, n. [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, hÜrde; akin to E. hurdle. Hurdle.].

•  A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work.  [1913 Webster]

  "Posted on every dead wall and hoarding."  [1913 Webster]
•  A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something.  [1913 Webster]

  "The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hoarding, n.
1 Brit. a large, usu. wooden, structure used to carry advertisements etc.
2 a board fence erected round a building site etc., often used for displaying posters etc.

Etymology

obs. hoard f. AF h(o)urdis f. OF hourd, hort, rel. to HURDLE