fencing
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- //ˈfɛnsɪŋ//
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).
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- 1
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.
- 2
Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.
Fencing was erected around the field to keep the horses in.
- 3
argotThe buying and receiving of stolen goods.
Étymologie
From Middle English fensing, equivalent to fence + -ing.
verbe
- 1
Aussi une forme de fencepresent participle and gerund of fence
Étymologie
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Formes
- pluriel
- fencings
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