Fence Month
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A month in which it is forbidden to hunt in the forest. It begins fifteen days before midsummer, and ends fifteen days after. Manw. For. Laws, c.
23.
There were also fence months for fish. Called, also, "defence month," because the deer are then defended from "scare or harm." Oowell; Spelman; Cunningham.