hoarding

Universal Words noun 1 (BrE) (also billboard AmE, BrE) [C] a large board on the outside of a building or at the side of the road, used for putting advertisements on: advertising hoardings 2 [C] (BrE) a temporary fence made of boards that is placed around an area of land until a building has been built 3 [U] the act of hoarding things: Consumer hoarding of limited goods, such as gasoline and paper, is creating shortages in stores.