Found 3 items, similar to Fencing.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: fencing anggar
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fencing fencing n 1: a barrier that serves to enclose an area [syn: fence] 2: material for building fences [syn: fencing material] 3: 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)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fencing Fencing \Fen"cing\, n. 1. The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See Fence, v. i., 2. [1913 Webster] 2. Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The materials used for building fences. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] 4. The act of building a fence. [1913 Webster] 5. The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as, the fencing of a farm. [1913 Webster] Fence \Fence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fenced (f[e^]nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Fencing (f[e^]n"s[i^]ng).] 1. To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard. [1913 Webster] To fence my ear against thy sorceries. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure. [1913 Webster] O thou wall! . . . dive in the earth, And fence not Athens. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A sheepcote fenced about with olive trees. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To fence the tables (Scot. Church), to make a solemn address to those who present themselves to commune at the Lord's supper, on the feelings appropriate to the service, in order to hinder, so far as possible, those who are unworthy from approaching the table. --McCheyne. [1913 Webster]