fencing

Plural: fencings

Noun

• The sport of fighting with swords; material for fences.
• a barrier that serves to enclose an area
• material for building fences
• the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)
• 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.
• Receiving and buying of stolen goods.

Verb

• enclose with a fence
• receive stolen goods
• fight with fencing swords
• surround with a wall in order to fortify
• have an argument about something
• present participle and gerund of fence

Examples

• Fencing was erected around the field to keep the horses in.
• His opponent’s aggressive FENCING blocked all access to the bonus squares.

Synonyms

argue, contend, debate, fence, fence in, fencing material, palisade, surround, wall