# Is there a name for this type of fence? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 15, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-fence/485904 "2009-02-15T02:50:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-fence/485904/1 "2009-02-15T02:50:54Z")
In the last hours of writing a zoning code, I just noticed a style of fence that I’ve only seen in the Austin area, although it may exist elsewhere. It has a wood frame, and a mesh of thick woven wire. Is there a formal name for this type of fence? [![](https://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) ](https://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Madgolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Madgolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madgolf)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-fence/485904/2 "2009-02-15T04:12:34Z")
There is precedent, but no name: [![](http://photo.anaheim.net/images/P119.jpg) ](http://photo.anaheim.net/images/P119.jpg) The older type seems to be able to keep most critters out while your picture offering would let anything short of a zombie dart out from under… which is irrational because the chicken wire is so small but the gap on the bottom is so big. I call dibs on Zombiegard™ in case no name is found. (edit) I also call dibs on Economy Zombiegard™ since a tall zombie can probably fall over the top or a random zombie may fall to the ground and make do with opportunistic escape. ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-fence/485904/3 "2009-02-15T04:24:51Z")
That style of fence has been demarcating the garden vs lawn boundary of my parent’s house (in Long Island, NY) for decades - originally my father had the bottom wood fence rail to the ground (and gates, as in the second image) when they had a dog, but when he rebuilt the fence (the wood was starting to rot out) after the dog died, he build it with clearance off the ground of the lower wood rail (like the first photo) so the lawnmower could clear the edge boundry. It’s basically a wire mesh fence (he could get wire mesh cheaply at the time) supported in a wood frame, that’s all - no special trendy name was required. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-fence/485904/4 "2009-02-15T05:24:04Z")
I’ve built this type of fence before. It’s a fence made with cedar and livestock panels. ---
**Author:** ![Madgolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Madgolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madgolf)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-fence/485904/5 "2009-02-15T05:29:53Z")
The pictures get creepier as I search… [![](http://photo.anaheim.net/images/P2569.jpg) ](http://photo.anaheim.net/images/P2569.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-fence/485904/6 "2009-02-15T06:07:15Z")
A variation of a woven wire fence? > [@Madgolf](#): > > The pictures get creepier as I search… > > [http://photo.anaheim.net/images/P2569.jpg](http://photo.anaheim.net/images/P2569.jpg) I bet the family who lives there is called Bates and they run a nearby motel. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-fence/485904/7 "2009-02-15T16:08:39Z")
\*\*Madgolf’\*\*s fence just looks like [chicken wire](http://www.academyfence.com/vinylcoatedhexnetting.html) fencing stretched between wooden frames. As **Cornflakes** said, the OP’s fence looks like hogwire.