spite fence


noun

a wall or fence erected solely to annoy one's neighbor or lower the value of his or her property.

Origin of spite fence

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Words nearby spite fence

Example sentences from the Web for spite fence

  • Once we almost came to the spite-fence stage; but our children were such friends that they kept us from that disgrace.

    Vandemark's Folly |Herbert Quick