Fencing is one of the sports in thepentathlon.

a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle

Such an object used for decoration, The blunt tip of a fencing foil, A usually round flat badge that bears a design or printed information and is typically pinned to a garment, intransitive verb_ To fasten with buttons, To decorate or furnish with buttons

Being the most desired or suitable example of something, First or early in time, order, or sequence, Mathematics Of, relating to, or being a prime number, noun_ The period of greatest physical and mental robustness, One used to distinguish different values of the same variable in a mathematical expression, The first position of thrust and parry in fencing, intransitive verb_ To make ready; prepare, To prepare (a gun or mine) for firing by inserting a charge of gunpowder or a primer, To become prepared for future action or operation

Having high lightness and low saturation, Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint, Feeble; weak, intransitive verb_ To cause to turn pale, To become pale; blanch, To decrease in relative importance, transitive verb_ To enclose with pales; fence in, To turn pale; to lose color or luster, noun_ A stripe or band, as on a garment, A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket, A bakers' shovel or peel

a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle

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)