fencing
noun/ˈfɛnsɪŋ/
Etymology From Middle English fensing, equivalent to fence + -ing.
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.1973, Alan Dundes, Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel, page 253:
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
Criminology, Human sciences, Law, Sciences Slang The buying and receiving of stolen goods.
- Derived terms
- e-fencing, fencing response, fencing wire, geo-fencing, geofencing, penis fencing, snow fencing, tongue-fencing