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Fencing

noun

A barrier that serves to enclose an area. Synonym: fence.

Material for building fences. Synonym: fencing material.

The art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules).

Fence

verb

(past & past part. fenced; pres. part. fencing)

Enclose with a fence. Synonym: fence in.

Receive stolen goods.

Fight with fencing swords.

Surround with a wall in order to fortify. Synonyms: fence in, palisade, surround, wall.

Have an argument about something. Synonyms: argue, contend, debate.

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"Fencing" Quotes from Famous Books

... everything. There wasn't a gentleman in the country had better outbuildings of all sorts. It was a real tip-top place, good enough for the Governor himself if he came to live up the country. All the old fencing had been knocked down, and new railings and everything put up. Some of the scraggy trees had been cleared away, and all the dead wood burned. I never thought the old place could have showed out the way it did. But money can do a lot. It ain't everything in this world. But there's ...

— Robbery Under Arms • Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

... the fine things which Mr. Warrington now possessed, let alone the horses and the postchaise which his honour had bought. Also Harry instructed himself in the arts which became a gentleman in those days. A French fencing-master, and a dancing-master of the same nation, resided at Tunbridge during that season when Harry made his appearance: these men of science the young Virginian sedulously frequented, and acquired considerable skill and grace in the ...

— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray

... orthodox church! One end was bare, and the other carpeted with great Persian rugs, had huge divans spread about; there was an electric piano and an organ, and there were also crossed foils, and masks, and everything for a fencing bout. ...

— His Hour • Elinor Glyn

... humblest person, that they are mistaken. The first rule of philosophy is, Know thyself; and the further one advances, the lower opinion one should have of himself, the more one should realize what there remains to be learned. But you make philosophy into a kind of fencing, and consider a man a philosopher if he can warp the truth by subtle distinctions and talk himself out of any opinion; in so doing you incur hatred and bring contempt upon learning, for people imagine that your extraordinary manners ...

— Comedies • Ludvig Holberg

... farmers by origin and sportsmen by practice, they will make a rare household body of men. They are nearly all first-class shots, and I am having them practise with revolvers. They are being taught fencing and broadsword and ju-jitsu; I have organized them in military form, with their own sergeants and corporals. This morning I had an inspection, and I assure you, my dear, they could give points to the Household troop in matters ...

— The Lady of the Shroud • Bram Stoker

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