hoarding Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun large outdoor signboard
billboard.
verb save up as for future use
squirrel away; cache; stash; lay away; hive up; hoard.
verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; accumulate; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune

From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, hürde; akin to E. hurdle. See Hurdle.

(Arch.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. Eng.
Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. London Graphic
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.