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fencing
1. n. 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)
2. n. Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.
Fencing was erected around the field to keep the horses in.
fence
1. n. A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
2. n. Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
3. n.          The place whence such a middleman operates.
4. n. Skill in oral debate.
5. n. (obsolete) The art or practice of fencing.
6. n. A guard or guide on machinery.
7. n. (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
8. n. (computing, programming) A memory barrier.
9. v. To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
10. v. To defend or guard.
11. v. To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
12. v. (intransitive, sports) To engage in (the sport) fencing.
13. v. (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.

Example Sentences

She had her English lesson, went to fencing, and did her homework.  The wood, traditionally used for cricket bats, baskets and fencing, has emerged in Scandinavia as a serious source of energy in a world seeking to combat climate change.  The long, elegant drive passes two old military checkpoints, before curving into a compound surrounded by high wire fencing and sandy berms.

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