electric fence

English

Warning sign on an electric fence.

Alternative forms

• electrical fence

Noun

electric fence (plural electric fences)

1. A fence containing metal wire through which an electric current is passed, as a deterrent which will shock people or animals trying to breach or climb the fence.
   • 1985 September 29, Lindsey Gruson, “Despite protests, deer hunts are set”, in New York Times, retrieved 22 January 2013:

     To ward off deer, Mr. Haas, an ornithologist, has installed an electric fence around his garden in the park.

   • 2011 October 17, Ioan Grillo, “Cain's Electrified-Border Joke: No Laughing Matter in Mexico”, in Time:

     [W]hen Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain joked about a killer electric fence to keep migrants out, political electric shocks surged rapidly south of the Rio Grande.

Translations

electric fence

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電圍欄／电围栏 (diànwéilán)

• Czech: elektrický ohradník m
• Danish: elektrisk hegn n
• Dutch: schrikdraad (nl) m, elektrische afrastering f
• Esperanto: elektra barilo
• Estonian: elektriaed
• Finnish: sähköaita (fi); sähköpaimen (fi) (for cattle)
• French: électrificateur de clôture m, clôture électrique (fr) f
• German: Elektrozaun (de) m, elektrischer Weidezaun m, Kontaktzaun m (military)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: elektrisk gjerde n, el-gjerde n

  Nynorsk: elektrisk gjerde n, el-gjerde n

• Polish: elektryczny pastuc m
• Portuguese: cerca eletrificada f
• Slovene: električni pastir m
• Spanish: valla electrificada f, cerca eléctrica f, cerco eléctrico m
• Swedish: elektriskt stängsel n, elstängsel n
• Upper Sorbian: elektriski płót m

References

• “electric fence”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.