Fencing /(?)/

Fen·cing

Fencing

n.
  1. The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See Fence, v. i., 2.
  2. Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers.
  3. The materials used for building fences. [U.S.]
  4. The act of building a fence.
  5. The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as, the fencing of a farm.