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fencing noun

  /ˈfɛnsɪŋ/
  • 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).
 miekkailu
  • Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.
 aitatarpeet, aitaus

fence noun

  /fɛns/ , [fɛns] , [fɛnts]
  • (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
 aita
  • (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
 jobbari, luukku, välittäjä

fence verb

  /fɛns/ , [fɛns] , [fɛnts]
  • (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
 miekkailla
  • (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
 aidata
  • (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
  • (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
 luukuttaa, trokata, välittää
  • (transitive) To defend or guard.
 suojata, suojella
  • (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
 ylittää este
fencing wire
aitalanka
fencing plastron
plastron
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