fencing

Verb

  • Present participle of fence

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)
  • Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.
  • receiving and buying of stolen goods

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