fencing

Noun
  1. A barrier that serves to enclose an area (synset 103332179)
    is a type of: barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement
    subtypes:
    • 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, split-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
    is a part of: fence line - a boundary line created by a fence
    same as: fence
  2. Material for building fences (synset 114883251)
    is a type of: building material - material used for constructing buildings
    same as: fencing material
  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) (synset 101174134)
    associated with:
    • 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
    • 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
    is a type of:

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