unfence
English
Verb
unfence (third-person singular simple present unfences, present participle unfencing, simple past and past participle unfenced)
- (transitive) To remove a fence (from)
- To remove restrictions on the use of
- unfence the funds
- 1985, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, Defense Department authorization and oversight, page 820:
- So that money has been appropriated. It is on the line. And the vote is merely to unfence that money , and allow us to obligate it.
References
- “unfence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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