Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hoarding

Hoarding , noun

[From Old French hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; compare Dutch horde hurdle, fence, German horde, hurde; akin to English hurdle. r16. See Hurdle.]

1.
(Architecture) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [English]
Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. — London Graphic
2.
A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something.
The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin. — Tyndall