fencing

noun4

1. •
   The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing).

   • The pair both want to touch each other, and indulge in a series of fencings and parryings in the hope of attaining their desire. — 1973
2. •
   Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.

   • Fencing was erected around the field to keep the horses in.
3. •
   (slang) The buying and receiving of stolen goods.
4. •
   The act of erecting fences, or enclosing within fences.