English

fencepole

From fence + pole.

A compound of fence + pole

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- ‘to strike, slay, kill’

Old French defens

Middle English fence

English fence

Latin pālus ‘stake, pale, prop, stay’

Proto-West Germanic *pālu ‘pole, stake’

Proto-West Germanic *pāl

Old English pāl ‘a pole, stake, post’

Middle English pole ‘pole, stake, staff’

English pole

Today it means

noun A usually wooden pole forming part of a fence.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fencepole