1. fencing - Noun
2. fencing - Verb
/); p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fence
The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See Fence, v. i., 2.
Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers.
The materials used for building fences.
The act of building a fence.
The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as, the fencing of a farm.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing. Thorstein Veblen
I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much. Bruce Dickinson
I loved fencing and dancing and elocution. Vivien Leigh
No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman. Wilkie Collins
He could leap the corral, If he rose To his full height; He could splinter the fencing light, With three blows Of his porcelain hoofs in flight - If he chose. He could shatter his prison wall, Could escape them all - If he rose, If he chose. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Don't make a fence more expensive or more important than what it is fencing. Jewish Proverb