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[Sherri Bonawitz]

>> I think "fencing" is a post-1600 term.

>I think you are wrong, but I am not sure. Let's get the guy with  
the >OED to look it up for us.

>>
>> Stefan li Rous
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>> Savian
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>Savian (still)

I found this definition in Webster's.  Note the date (1581).

fenc*ing n
(1581)
1: the art or practice of attack and defense with the foil, e_pee,  
or saber


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