hoarding

Etymology 1

From Old French hourd, hourt (“barrier, palisade”).

noun

1. (UK) A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.
   The west side is one massive building site, although it's hard to appreciate what's going on behind all the hoardings. November 16 2022, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 57
2. A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
3. (chiefly Britain or India) A billboard.
   Nobody has ever seen Big Brother. He is a face on the hoardings, a voice on the telescreen. We may be reasonably sure that he will never die, and there is already considerable uncertainty as to when he was born. 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, TWO.IX

Etymology 2

See hoard

noun

1. The practice by of accumulating goods.
2. A good which is hoarded.
3. (psychology) An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of hoard