Glossary of Terms

FENCE [verb]
1. To enclose with a fence
2. To keep in or out with a fence; to ward off
3. To provide a defense for

WALL [noun]
1. A high thick masonry structure forming a long rampart of enclosure chiefly for defense; a masonry fence around a garden, park or estate
2. An extreme or desperate position or state of defeat, failure or ruin
3. Something resemblng a wall(as in appearance, function, or effect) ; especially: somethng that acts as a barrier or defense.

WALL [verb]
1. To provide, cover with, or surround with as if with a wall
2. To separate by or as if with a wall

BARRIER [noun]
1. Something material that blocks or is intended to block passage
2. A medieval war game in which combatants fight on foot with a fence or railing between them
3. Something immaterial that impedes or separates

BARRIER [military]
A coordinated series of obstacles designed or employed to channel, direct, restrict, delay, or stop the movement of an opposing force. barriers can exist naturally, be manmade, or combination of both.

"[The barrier] gives order to space... giving order to space is central issue in how people relate to places... Open, undefined space is threatening.

Col. Dany Tizza, Ariel Sharon's top advisor on the barrier, 2003