Woven wire mesh fences are great for containing horses and other livestock, as well as providing protection from predators. They are usually constructed using galvanized steel wires woven together at various heights and lengths.

For standard mild steel wire, posts should be 8 to 12 feet apart, but with high tensile stock fencing, straining posts can be spaced 20ft apart or at every major change in direction.

A fence is a structure that encloses an area, typically outdoors, and is usually constructed from posts that are connected by boards, wire, rails or netting. A fence differs from a wall in not having a solid foundation along its whole length.

Fencers tend to stand somewhat side-on to the principal direction of movement (the fencing line), leading with the weapon side (right for a right-hander, left for a left-hander). In this fencing stance the feet are a shoulder-width or more apart with the leading foot forward and the trailing foot at right angles to it.