fencing
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/ˈfɛnsɪŋ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- To defend or guard.
- To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- To engage in the sport of fencing.
noun
- 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)
- Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.“Fencing was erected around the field to keep the horses in.”
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Synonyms
pawnswordplayfencing materialswordsmanswordaimcloseoutbarrierclosingdemarcationcloseterminationtryingclosureendconcealmentconclusion