fencing
/ˈfɛnsɪŋ/
noun
- The sport of fighting with long, thin swords (foils, épées, or sabers).
- Fencing requires quick reflexes, good footwork, and strategic thinking.
- She has been practicing fencing for three years and won her first tournament last month.
- The Olympic fencing team trained every day to prepare for the games.
- Material used to build a fence, such as wooden boards, wire, or metal panels.
- The hardware store sells various types of fencing for yards and fields.
- We bought rolls of wire fencing to enclose the garden.
- The farmer used wooden fencing to keep the sheep in the pasture.
- The act of building or repairing a fence.
- The crew finished fencing the entire perimeter by noon.
- He spent the weekend fencing the new property line.
- Fencing the backyard took longer than they expected because of the rocky soil.
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