fencing
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 7
/ˈfɛnsɪŋ/
Definition of fencing
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)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.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)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.”
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(countable, uncountable)Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.
“Fencing was erected around the field to keep the horses in.”
- (countable, slang, uncountable)The buying and receiving of stolen goods.
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of fence
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English fensing, equivalent to fence + -ing.
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