Fencing

Definitions

1. The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing).
   countable, uncountable
2. Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.
   countable, uncountable
3. The buying and receiving of stolen goods.
   countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The pair both want⟳ to touch⟳ each other, and indulge in a series of fencings and parryings in the hope⟳ of attaining their desire.”

“Fencing was erected around the field to keep⟳ the horses in.”

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