To sign "fence," form both hands into a "4" handshape with your fingers spread apart. Bring your hands in front of your chest with your palms facing toward you and your fingertips touching or slightly overlapping. Finally, pull your hands apart horizontally to your sides, as if you are tracing the length of a fence.
Sign 'dog' and 'jump', then use the 'fence' sign by pulling your spread fingers apart to establish the barrier the dog leaped over.
Sign 'we', 'need', and 'paint', then finish by signing 'fence', making sure your fingers stay spread to represent the wooden slats.
Sign 'my', 'house', 'have', and 'white', then sign 'fence' with a smooth horizontal motion to show the perimeter of the yard.
Sign 'dog' and 'jump', then use the 'fence' sign by pulling your spread fingers apart to establish the barrier the dog leaped over.
Sign 'we', 'need', and 'paint', then finish by signing 'fence', making sure your fingers stay spread to represent the wooden slats.
Sign 'my', 'house', 'have', and 'white', then sign 'fence' with a smooth horizontal motion to show the perimeter of the yard.
While both signs involve pulling the hands apart horizontally from the center of your chest, 'fence' uses the '4' handshape with fingers spread apart to show slats. 'Wall' uses flat, closed 'B' handshapes to represent a solid, flat surface.
Yes, this is the general and most common sign for a fence. However, if you are specifically talking about a chain-link fence or a stone wall, you might add descriptive signs or classifiers to show the specific texture or material after signing 'fence'.
Yes, your palms should face toward your body. This allows your spread fingers to point toward each other in the center before pulling apart, accurately mimicking the upright posts of a fence facing the viewer.
