hoardings

Leofric, a turf rampart on the island shore, and _antemuralia et propugnacula, _ -- doubtless overhanging "hoardings," or scaffolds, through the floor of which they could shower down missiles.

Hereward, the Last of the English Charles Kingsley 1847

Year after year the crowd appears smaller, leading to organizers turning whole grandstands into giant advertising 'hoardings'.

A1 GP news editor@pitpass.com 2010

His Piccadilly painting features ads for Coca Cola, Bovril, Max Factor, Gordon's Gin and Wrigleys on the famous hoardings overlooking the junction.

LS Lowry painting set to fetch £6m at auction 2011

One point in the bag and another seemingly made, John Terry sauntered towards the band of Blues, peeled off his shirt and waded bare-chested over the advertising hoardings to hand his Chelsea jersey to one of his disciples.

Never-say-die John Terry ignores brickbats and does what he does best 2011

Wenger's mood was not helped by the injury that Bacary Sagna suffered, when he was challenged by Benoît Assou‑Ekotto and fell heavily into the advertising hoardings.

Harry Redknapp condemns 'disgusting' chants from Arsenal fans 2011

That drama was personified by Keegan – never a man, as player or manager, to repress his feelings – slumped over Anfield's advertising hoardings after defeat.

The Saturday interview: Kevin Keegan 2011

He picks up his second yellow of the evening for a preposterously idiotic mid-air shoulder charge on Rosales, sending the Twente man clattering into the hoardings.

Tottenham Hotspur v FC Twente – as it happened Scott Murray 2010

From London's Millennium Dome and Olympic zone, to northern England's "regenerated" city centres, to the windswept out-of-town tracts turned into transport hubs and hospitals, to the sheltered middle-class streets bursting with loft extensions, much of the UK spent 1997 to 2010 behind construction hoardings.

A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain by Owen Hatherley – review Andy Beckett 2010

And because of phone hacking, celebrities might as well post their conversations on 20ft hoardings.

Simon Hoggart's week: Thinking aloud? Don't be an idiot 2011

"I've seen the slogan 'Enjoy Responsibly' all over the Emirate's hoardings but my local off-licence haven't heard of it."

Arsenal v Shakhtar Donetsk – as it happened Paul Doyle 2010