| answer | [fencing] return hit |
| backsword | a basket-hilted sword with a single-edged blade and a thin back; later, a sword-like stick with a basketwork hilt, used in fencing practice |
| blow | [fencing] stab, firm stroke |
| defence | fencing, swordsmanship, skill of self-defence |
| dismount | [fencing] draw, remove from the sheath |
| distance | [fencing] regulation space to be kept between contestants |
| distance | [fencing: see sense 1] enmity, discord, dissension |
| fence | fencing ability, skill at swordplay |
| foin | [fencing] thrust, lunge |
| foining | [fencing] thrusting, lunging |
| get | [fencing] get inside the guard of, get within the defences of |
| guard | [fencing] defensive position, posture of defence |
| have | [said at the start of a fencing attack or other confrontation] I come at, let me at [a person] |
| hay | [fencing] home thrust, thrust through |
| montant | [fencing] upward thrust |
| motion | [fencing] attack, execution |
| mountanto | [directional thrust in fencing] fencer, duellist |
| offence | [in fencing] attacking stroke, offensive action |
| pass | [fencing] sword-thrust, lunge |
| pass | bout, exchange, round [in fencing] |
| passado | [fencing] forward thrust, lunge |
| play | [fencing] win a game, succeed in a bout |
| punto | [fencing] thrust with the sword-point |
| punto reverso | [fencing] back-handed thrust |
| reverse | [fencing] back-handed stroke |
| sessa, sesey, sese | [cry of encouragement used in hunting, fencing] be off, off you go |
| stoccado, stoccata | [fencing] thrust, lunge |
| stock | [fencing] thrust with the dagger-point |
| stuck | [fencing] thrust, lunge |
| stuck-in | [fencing] thrust, lunge |
| traverse | [fencing] pierce, stab, run through |
| veney | [fencing] bout, turn |
| venue | [fencing] sword-thrust, assault, thrust |
| ward | [fencing] defensive posture, parrying movement |