1852 Oct. 596 A very clever book, in which are many astonishing feats of logic, and triumphs of word-fence.
1899 W. S. Blunt 11 Truce, Gabriel, to thy word fence.
1938 W. B. Otis & M. H. Needleman xi. 174 Lyly served as a model for Shakespeare's word-fence and wit-combats.