backstop - (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate)

barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement

chainlink fence - a fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern

hedge, hedgerow - a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

paling, picket fence - a fence made of upright pickets

rail fence - a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle)

stone wall - a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields

wall - a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"

weir - a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish

fence line - a boundary line created by a fence

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

bargainer, dealer, monger, trader - someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

inclose, shut in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"

receive, have - get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

fight, struggle - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"

parry, deflect, block - impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"

protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

stockade - surround with a stockade in order to fortify

circumvallate - surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification

stickle - dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)

spar - fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"

bicker, brabble, pettifog, squabble, quibble, niggle - argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"

altercate, argufy, quarrel, scrap, dispute - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something"

oppose - be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"

converse, discourse - carry on a conversation