Why is it called "fencing" if they don't fight with fences?

[Sparkletor 2.0]

Why is it called "boxing" when they don't hit each other with boxes?

 

[Cat tit bingo]

Because fencing come from latin defensa, to protect, basically de-fence because it's a defensive fighting style and a fence come from the same word as its protecting your property.
For boxing I assume it because you box in your opponent but thats just a guess

 

[Spud]

The ring they fight in is box shaped, that's where the name comes from.

 

[Daddy's Angry Juice]

Their foils are made of recycled fences.

 

[Neo-Nazi Rich Evans]

The ring they fight in is box shaped, that's where the name comes from.

then why isnt soccer called 'rectangle' when the area they play on is a rectangle?

 

[Spud]

then why isnt soccer called 'rectangle' when the area they play on is a rectangle?

The average player hasn't got the IQ to pronounce it correctly.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

Because fencing come from latin defensa, to protect, basically de-fence because it's a defensive fighting style and a fence come from the same word as its protecting your property.
For boxing I assume it because you box in your opponent but thats just a guess

Then why is throwing someone out a window called defenstration?

 

[Kosher Dill]

Then why is throwing someone out a window called defenstration?

It's actually called boxing if you throw them out the window into a box.

 

[dick brain]

How did the youtube meta go from unboxing videos to boxing videos?

 

[Pagan Min]

Actually, the name "fencing" comes from when, back in the day, a thief stole this really sweet sword & wanted to sell it. The whole fighting-each-other angle of it came about when two sword thieves ran across each other while trying to sell their ill-gotten gain and decided to fight each other with 'em so they could snag the other guy's sweet loot...

 

[Not A Bunny]

Why do they call it fencing if they don't steal fences?

 

[Soup Sammiches]

With those thin swords you poke each other through the fence dividing you. It's not rocket surgery.

 

[alphabetnigger]

This is my 100th post.

 

[Moths]

Because fencing used to be a wholesome sport by the peasantry where they would resolve disputes through the act of a 'fencing'.

This would start by both parties entering an arena and beating the other one to unconciousness using a blunt instrument (usually makeshift clubs made of fencing since peasantry werent allowed to have weapons). Said arena was also fenced in.

Now the nobility observing this practice thought itwas a fantastic alternative to land disputes instead of costly wars that lead to famine because peasant levies were often the first to die resulting in a lack of manpower and skill to tend fields effectively. Now nobles being the jannies of this period co-opted this wholesome practice and turned it into gay sword dueling.

 

[The Cunting Death]

you're a nigger

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

you're a nigger

*Your

 

[Town Drunk]

Why do we drive on parkways, and park in driveways?

 

[The Cunting Death]

*Your

*whom'st've

 

[Mesh Gear Fox]

Then why is throwing someone out a window called defenstration?

It's from the Latin fenestra meaning window.