Just as I got to my knees, there was again the sound of the fence stretching, and I had time only to start taking my kneeling posture seriously.

They never troubled themselves about us while we were playing, because the fence formed such a definite boundary and `` Don't go outside the gate '' was a command so impossible of misinterpretation.

That way was barred on both sides of the road by a high barbed-wire fence.

He had to make for the section of road just ahead that was bordered by the rail fence, the section by the farmhouse.

The fence, his only refuge when the metal death came roaring at him, was made of rails, all right, but the rails were protected by a thick screening of barbed wire that would rip his flesh if he pressed against it.

Thus, if the score was 3 – 2 with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, and the batter smacked an " over the fence home run ", the game would end at 4 – 3, with the batter only allowed a double, and the runners officially stopped on 2nd and 3rd ( since they were not needed to win the game ).

Thus, if a ball went over the fence fair, and curved behind the foul pole, it was ruled foul.

Beginning in 1931 and continuing to the present day, the rule was changed to require the umpire to judge based on the point where the ball cleared the fence.

A Colorado home run was called back early in the game despite the fact that it clearly cleared the fence, hit a chair, and bounced back onto the field.

The machine was found 20 feet from the border fence with bales of marijuana ready to launch.

Ufsilåm was a trail with one obstacle ( ufse ) like a jump, a fence, a difficult turn, a gorge, a cliff ( often more than 10 meters high ) and more.

According to the British government, the fence was erected 1 metre inside British territory.

Spain currently does not recognize the fence as the valid border, since it claims the fence was built on Spanish soil.

") Regardless of whether the joke teller was female or male, a portion of the fence would swing up and hit them on the rear end after the punch line was delivered.

In 1995 Computerwoche commented that the use of an IDE was not well received by developers since it would fence in their creativity.

" Afterwards, Yakov is said to have committed suicide, running into an electric fence in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where he was being held.

Critics, including the Center of Biological Diversity and New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, were concerned the jaguar was being sacrificed for the government's new border fence, which is to be built along many of the cat's typical crossings between the United States and Mexico.

On the spot where the plane crashed, a memorial dedicated to the victims stands surrounded by a wire fence with wooden posts ; it was maintained for many years by James Easter Heathman, who, at age thirteen in 1931, was one of the first people to arrive at the site of the tragedy.

A courtyard ( called bailey ) was protected by a ditch and a palisade ( strong timber fence ).

Some thought that it was a recommendation to fortify the Acropolis with a wooden fence and make a stand there.

This type of broker was evidently regarded as a fence.

Throughout Petty's career, but especially during his prime, Petty was known to stand for hours – backed against a fence, signing autographs to everyone who asked.

Following the tradition of these Ancient Greek folk etymologies, in the Doric dialect the word originally meant wall, fence from animals and later assembly within the agora.

The word derives from the old Norse " gata ", meaning road or path, and originally referred to the gap in the wall or fence, rather than the barrier which closed it.

The fence was originally known as the Monument Jump but The Chair came into more regular use in the 1930s.

A ditch deep ( to prevent prisoners tunneling out ) was placed inside the wall ( originally a wooden stockade fence, replaced with a brick wall in 1805 ) and guarded by ' silent sentries ' who could not be seen by the prisoners.

Stuart Bray, who had originally invested a large sum of money in the project, claimed that he and his wife, Li Quan, watched the film crew " the prey up against the fence and into the path of the tigers just for the sake of dramatic footage.

The word hedge is from Old English hecg, originally any fence, living or artificial.

Built in 1733, originally including a bowling green, it is the oldest public park in New York City and is surrounded by its original 18th century fence.

The right field fence was originally covered in various billboard advertisements, but in later years was painted a solid dark color.

Bleachers were built in left field, and over time various extensions were added to the originally low right field wall, resulting in the famous fence.

The church lot was originally adorned only with a fence row of walnut trees, although later many other trees were planted.

Espalier ( or ) is the horticultural and ancient agricultural practice of controlling woody plant growth originally for the production of fruit, by pruning and tying branches to a frame so that they grow into a flat plane, frequently in formal patterns, against a structure such as a wall, fence, or trellis, and also plants which have been shaped in this way.

The surrounding Victorian garden and park, designed originally as a Dutch garden around which one could walk or ride without being confronted by gate, fence or outside features, contains the Long Shelter, a Grade 2 listed structure built for the Chartist movement.

The jump originally consisted of an 8ft-wide brook with a fence set back a yard in front of the water, the ground on the landing side 3ft lower than the take-off side.

Located near Marienburg, it was originally a hutted and tented camp with double boundary fence and had watchtowers.

* The traditional period known as " fence month " ( the closed season for deer in England ) ended July 9 ( date varied )

This is an issue of policy as to whether ( prospective ) defendants should not only warn of a known danger, but also take active steps to fence the site and take other reasonable precautions to prevent the known danger from befalling those foreseen to be at risk.

The remaining Lordship that was actually controlled by the English king shrank accordingly, and as parts of its perimeter in counties Meath and Kildare were fenced or ditched, it became known as the Pale, deriving from the Latin word " palus ", a stake, or, synecdochically, a fence.

In his youth he was known to chalk Bible verses on fence boards and city sidewalks to draw attention to the punishment of hell awaiting the unfaithful in an attempt to convert unbelievers.

The best known of these was the Morice Line ( named for the French defense minister, André Morice ), which consisted of an electrified fence, barbed wire, and mines over a 320-kilometer stretch of the Tunisian border.

In the late 19th century through early 20th century Adrian was known as the " fence capital of the world ," when J. Wallace Page invented the first successful wire fence.

Around this time a long fence was built along the road later known as Northern Boulevard, to the North of North Hills.

This 4-foot ( 1. 2 meter ) high barrier is known as the " trash fence " because its initial use was to catch wind-blown debris that might escape from campsites during the event.

It became a wooden barrier or fence in the 15th century, now known as " tilt barrier ", and " tilt " came to be used as a term for the joust itself by ca.

" Notorious female shoplifters in London included Mary Frith, the pickpocket and fence also known as Moll Cutpurse, prostitute and pickpocket Moll King, Sarah McCabe whose shoplifting career spanned twenty years, and Maria Carlston ( also known as Mary Blacke ), whose life was documented by diarist Samuel Pepys, who was eventually executed for theft, and who for years shoplifted clothing and household linens in London with one or more female accomplices.

The Metrodome's right-field wall was composed of the seven-foot-high ( 2. 1 m ) fence around the whole outfield and a-high plastic wall extension in right field, known as the " Baggie ", or the " Hefty Bag.

Woven wire with large openings ( known as " sheep fence " in the western United States and Ringlock in Australia ) has some potential hazards.

One was the addition of a fin known as a wing fence on the upper surface of the wing to redirect the flow to the rear ( see the MiG-15 as an example.

It was also known as " ROF 37 ", a name that was reflected in its sports and social association, known as the " 37 Club ", located in a building just outside the perimeter fence.

A custom which survived until 1840 obliged the lord of Fordingbridge during one summer month known as " fence month " to keep the bridge guarded and arrest anyone found taking venison from the New Forest.

These miter slots ( or miter grooves ) are used to position and guide either a miter gauge ( also known as a crosscut fence ) or crosscut sled.

A barrier known as a triple concertina wire fence consists of two parallel concertinas joined by twists of wire and topped by a third concertina similarly attached.