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Webster 1913 Edition
Fencing
Fen′cing
,Noun.
1.
The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See , 2.
Fence
, Verb.
I.
2.
Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers.
Shak.
3.
The materials used for building fences.
[U.S.]
4.
The act of building a fence.
5.
The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection;
as, the
. fencing
of a farmWebster 1828 Edition
Fencing
FEN'CING
,ppr.
FEN'CING
,Noun.
1.
The art of using skillfully a sword or foil in attack or defense; an art taught in schools.2.
The materials of fences for farms.Definition 2024
fencing
fencing
English
Verb
fencing
- present participle of fence
Noun
fencing (countable and uncountable, plural fencings)
- The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th to 18th century European dueling swords and the practice weapons decended from them (sport fencing)
- 1973, Alan Dundes, Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel (page 253)
- The pair both want to touch each other, and indulge in a series of fencings and parryings in the hope of attaining their desire.
- 1973, Alan Dundes, Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel (page 253)
- Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.
- Fencing was erected around the field to keep the horses in.
Derived terms
Translations
sport
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material used to make fences
fences used as barriers or an enclosure
