fencing (redirected from Sword fighting)

fenc·ing  (fnsng)

n.

1. The art or sport of using a foil, épée, or saber in attack and defense.

2. Skillful repartee, especially as a defense against having to give direct answers.

3. Material, such as wire, stakes, and rails, used in building fences.

4. A barrier or enclosure of fences.

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fencing [ˈfɛnsɪŋ]

n

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Fencing) the practice, art, or sport of fighting with swords, esp the sport of using foils, épées, or sabres under a set of rules to score points

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building)

a.  wire, stakes, etc., used as fences

b.  fences collectively

3. skilful or witty debate

4. the avoidance of direct answers; evasiveness

5. Slang the business of buying and selling stolen property

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fencing - a barrier that serves to enclose an area fence backstop - (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement 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); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited" weir - a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish fence line - a boundary line created by a fence
	2.	fencing - material for building fences fencing material building material - material used for constructing buildings
	3.	fencing - 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) swordplay, play - the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" passado, straight thrust, lunge - (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward parry - (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword remise - (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte) riposte - (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge epee - a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade foil - a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button piste - a flat rectangular area for fencing bouts saber, sabre - a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle riposte - make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted"

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fencing

noun

Fencing terms

backsword, bracer, carte, feint, guard, mask, octave, parade, parry, piste, prime, quarte or carte, quinte, reach, repechage, sabre, seconde, septime, singlestick, sixte, terce or tierce, touch, touché, volt

Translations

fencing [ˈfensɪŋ]

A. N

1. (Sport) → esgrima f

2. (= material) → vallado m, cercado m

B. CPD fencing master N → maestro m de esgrima
fencing match N → encuentro m de esgrima

fencing [ˈfɛnsɪŋ] n

(= sport) → escrime m

(= fencing materials) → matériaux mpl pour clôture

fencing

n

(Sport) → Fechten nt; fencing instructor → Fechtlehrer(in) or -meister(in) m(f); fencing school → Fechtschule f

(= fences, material) → Zaun m, → Einzäunung f

fencing [ˈfɛnsɪŋ] n

a. (Sport) → scherma
fencing match → incontro di scherma

b. (material) → materiale m per recintare