fence off

fence off (third-person singular simple present fences off, present participle fencing off, simple past and past participle fenced off)

1. To enclose an area within a fence.
   • 1950 May, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “A Forgotten Junction in Westmorland”, in Railway Magazine, page 330:

     The cutting is fenced off from the main line at the Clifton end, and is, therefore, not observed from main line trains.

   • 1983 December 3, Michael Wilson, “The Same Story Embellished”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 11:

     Fenced off from the rest of the island, the Foreign Colony is little more than an American suburb with exotic foliage.