FENCING

Pronunciation (US):

• FENCING (noun)
  The noun FENCING has 3 senses:

1. a barrier that serves to enclose an area
2. material for building fences
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)

  Familiarity information: FENCING used as a noun is uncommon.

• FENCING (noun)

Meaning:

A barrier that serves to enclose an area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fence; fencing

Hypernyms ("fencing" is a kind of...):

barrier (a structure or object that impedes free movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fencing"):

backstop ((baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field)

chainlink fence (a fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern)

hedge; hedgerow (a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes)

paling; picket fence (a fence made of upright pickets)

rail fence (a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle))

stone wall (a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields)

wall (a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden))

weir (a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish)

Holonyms ("fencing" is a part of...):

fence line (a boundary line created by a fence)

Meaning:

Material for building fences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fencing material; fencing

Hypernyms ("fencing" is a kind of...):

building material (material used for constructing buildings)

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fencing" is a kind of...):

play; swordplay (the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully)

combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)

Domain member category:

riposte (make a return thrust)

saber; sabre (a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle)

piste (a flat rectangular area for fencing bouts)

foil (a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button)

epee (a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade)

riposte ((fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge)

remise ((fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte))

parry ((fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword)

lunge; passado; straight thrust ((fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward)