Definition of fencing
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Good perimeter fencing and cross fencing also make the ranch a great place to run cows.
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More fencing went up along the border, and patrols increased.
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The city then stunned about 60 homeless people by rumbling into the downtown camp with front-end loaders, surrounding the park with orange, plastic fencing and closing it for a rodent extermination.
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The video, posted on Facebook early Sunday by Darnell Ruth, appears to capture two men struggling on the sidewalk outside the metal fencing of the state Supreme Court building near the intersection of St. Louis and Chartres streets.
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Repairs to 40 miles of older fencing were approved in the 2017 funding bill passed earlier this month, but funds for the concrete barrier that so energized Trump's voters have yet to materialize.
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The city has closed the grandstand with wire fencing.
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It's ringed with iron fencing and has a small flower garden, which includes fresh and glass flowers.
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It's surrounded by electric fencing, patrolled by aerial drones, and outfitted with cameras, infrared sensors, and surveillance balloons.
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First Known Use of fencing
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FENCING Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of fencing for English Language Learners
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: the art or sport of fighting with swords
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: material that is used for making fences
FENCING Defined for Kids
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Definition of fencing for Students
: the sport of having a pretended fight with blunted swords
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