hoardings

[hawr-ding, hohr-]

hoard·ing

1[hawr-ding, hohr-]
noun
1.
the act of a person who hoards.
2.
hoardings, things that are hoarded.

Origin:
1585–95; hoard + -ing1

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Hoardings is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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hoard·ing

2[hawr-ding, hohr-]
noun
1.
a temporary fence enclosing a construction site.
2.
British. a billboard.

Origin:
1815–25; obsolete hoard (≪ Old French hourd(e) palisade made of hurdles < Germanic; compare German Hürde hurdle) + -ing1
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