fencing

/ˈfɛnsɪŋ/

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

former, olympic, online, passionate, popular

VERB + FENCING

add, arrested, bar, don't, foil, kicks, let's, like

FENCING + NOUN

champion, classes, enclosure, goods, l, monday, p, property

PREP.

about, around, from, off, out

Definitions

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).

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.

The buying and receiving of stolen goods.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a barrier that serves to enclose an area

fence

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

Fencing was erected around the field to keep the horses in.

Wiktionary

Former Olympic fencing champion Pál Schmitt has been elected President of Hungary.

Tatoeba · #416178

A furious elephant kicks out the fencing of his enclosure and sends the keeper flying.

Tatoeba · #580789

He was arrested for fencing stolen goods.

Tatoeba · #853242

Let's practice foil fencing.

Tatoeba · #2887821

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, fencing is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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