| gen. |
a fence or boundary formed by a dense row of shrubs or low trees (merriam-webster.com); a means of protection or defense (as against financial loss: ...realization that common stocks are the best hedge against inflation.  merriam-webster.com); a calculatedly noncommittal or evasive statement (...bureaucratic literature … festooned with hedges and qualifications merriam-webster.com); barrier, limit (Pikemen present a hedge of metal points from which any cavalry would flinch. • The messenger was confronted with a hedge of spears held aloft by the castle guards. merriam-webster.com) |
