fencerow
noun
fence·row
ˈfen(t)s-ˌrō 
: the land occupied by a fence including the uncultivated area on each side
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The field was a half-mile wide, bordered by a fencerow on the western end, where a pile of rocks stacked over years of the plow turning them up and farm boys following in the wake, tossing them to the pile.
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Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Nov. 2019
The clover is gone and the fencerows are clean and mowed eliminating weeds.
—Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2017
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Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Nov. 2019
The clover is gone and the fencerows are clean and mowed eliminating weeds.
—Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2017
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“Fencerow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fencerow. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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