Crossword clues for fencing
fencing
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fencing \Fen"cing\, n.
The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See Fence, v. i.,
2. Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers.
--Shak.The materials used for building fences. [U.S.]
The act of building a fence.
The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as, the fencing of a farm.
Fence \Fence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fenced (f[e^]nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Fencing (f[e^]n"s[i^]ng).]
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To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.
To fence my ear against thy sorceries.
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To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.
O thou wall! . . . dive in the earth, And fence not Athens.
--Shak.A sheepcote fenced about with olive trees.
--Shak.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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "defending, act of protecting or keeping (something) in proper condition" (short for defencing); 1580s in the sense "art of using a sword or foil in attack and defense" (also fence-play); verbal noun from fence (v.). Meaning "putting up of fences" is from 1620s; that of "an enclosure" is from 1580s; meaning "receiving stolen goods" is from 1851 (see fence (n.)); meaning "materials for an enclosure" is from 1856.\n
\nDespite the re-enactment in 1285 of the Assize of Arms of 1181, fencing was regarded as unlawful in England. The keeping of fencing schools was forbidden in the City of London, "as fools who delight in mischief do learn to fence with buckler, and thereby are encouraged in their follies."
Wiktionary
n. 1 The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th to 18th century European dueling swords and the practice weapons decended from them (sport fencing) 2 Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure. vb. (present participle of fence English)
WordNet
n. a barrier that serves to enclose an area [syn: fence]
material for building fences [syn: fencing material]
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)
Wikipedia
Fencing, also called Olympic fencing, is a sport in which two competitors fight using ' Rapier-style' swords, winning points by making contact with their opponent. Based on the traditional skills of swordsmanship, the modern sport arose at the end of the 19th century, with the Italian school having modified the historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the French school having later refined the Italian system. There are three forms of modern fencing, each using a different style of weapon and different rules, and as such the sport is divided into three competitive scenes: Foil, Épée and Sabre. Most competitive fencers choose to specialise in only one weapon.
Competitive fencing is one of five activities which have been featured in every one of the modern Olympic Games, the other four being athletics, cycling, swimming, and gymnastics.
Fencing is the process of isolating a node of a computer cluster or protecting shared resources when a node appears to be malfunctioning.
As the number of nodes in a cluster increases, so does the likelihood that one of them may fail at some point. The failed node may have control over shared resources that need to be reclaimed and if the node is acting erratically, the rest of the system needs to be protected. Fencing may thus either disable the node, or disallow shared storage access, thus ensuring data integrity.
Usage examples of "fencing".
To steel his body with the fluid motions and speed of aikido, he also took up boxing and fencing and rounded things out with acrobatics.
The Archdeacon, practised on his feet in many fencing bouts, flew out of the door and down the drive, and Gregory and the Colonel both lost breath--the first yelling for Ludding, the second shouting after the priest.
Blake practiced with this weapon it dawned upon him that his knowledge of fencing might be put to advantage should the necessity arise, to the end that his awkwardness with the buckler should be outweighed by his nicer defensive handling of his sword and his offensive improved by the judicious use of the point, against which they had developed little or no defense.
Wearying of this, because, as he said, it was poor work fencing with bunglers, he kept us closer company for the rest of the journey, and was most entertaining.
I have seen men and women actually fencing with questions put to them by the excellent priest who dwells at Letterfrack, Father McAndrew, who was obliged to exercise all his authority to obtain a straight answer concerning the potato crop grown on a patch of conacre land.
Alan glanced back at Cozy, who, given his vocation--defending individuals whose impulses had temporarily overwhelmed their judgment--had spent more than his share of hours fencing in the excesses of people whose emotional health was about as stable as a trailer park in a tornado.
They both rushed in and while Crim finished two that lay moaning with short bursts, Boday found a fencing sword and ran another through.
Blackthorn had just descended the stairs of the door of the Green Knight Fencing and Fighting Salon, after his daily bout with his cuz Tinne Holly, when he heard the command.
Petersburg if he did not use all his skill, and at the same time he sent an order to Dragon to be at the fencing school the next day.
Meyerhold would have his actors trained in the techniques of the acrobatic circus, fencing, boxing, ballet and eurhythmies, gymnastics and modern dance so that they could tell a story through the supple movements of their whole bodies or even just their faces.
If the sea is invading the linksland, well, add seawalls, rock armor, stone gabions, and fencing.
Plus his father was the fencing master, and so he surely must be coached in techniques that the younger Hoja did not know.
In another case, a young American airman was injured in a mock duel with another serviceman, when a miniature fencing foil was plunged into his right nostril, puncturing a small part of the limbic system immediately above.
Then came fencing lessons and a pistol range in every Masculinist lodge.
The verges of the road have been mown to reveal neat, upright barbed-wire fencing and fields of army-straight tobacco, maize, cotton, or placidly grazing cattle shiny and plump with sweet pasture.