fencing
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈfɛnsɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnsɪŋ
Etymology 1
editVerb
editfencing
- present participle and gerund of fence
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English fensing, equivalent to fence + -ing.
Noun
editfencing (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 descended 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.
- Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.
- Fencing was erected around the field to keep the horses in.
- Receiving and buying of stolen goods.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editsport
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material used to make fences
fences used as barriers or an enclosure
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receiving and/or buying of stolen goods
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