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FENCINGn.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the s,allword. See Fence, v. i., 2. Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers. Shak. The materials used for building fences. [U.S.] The act of building a fence. To aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as, the fencing of a farm.
fencingnoun
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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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. | The buying and receiving of stolen goods.
fencingverb
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present participle and gerund of fence

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