British Dictionary definitions for fencible

fencible

adjective

a Scot word for defensible

noun

(formerly) a person who undertook military service in immediate defence of his homeland only

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Examples from the Web for fencible

Historical Examples

In his fifteenth year he enlisted in a fencible regiment, which was afterwards stationed at Inverness.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV.
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He concludes that about one fencible man in eleven was killed, and every eleventh family burned out.
Great Events in the History of North and South America
Charles A. Goodrich
Let fencible men, each party in its own range of streets, keep watch and ward, all night.
The French Revolution
Thomas Carlyle
This beautiful girl was, about the year 1795, kept as a mistress by an adjutant of a Scotch regiment of fencible cavalry.
A History of the Gipsies
Walter Simson

Word Origin and History for fencible

adj.

early 14c., "capable of making a defense," short for defensible; see fence (n.) + -ible.

fencible

Examples from the Web for fencible

Historical Examples

In his fifteenth year he enlisted in a fencible regiment, which was afterwards stationed at Inverness.

He concludes that about one fencible man in eleven was killed, and every eleventh family burned out.

Let fencible men, each party in its own range of streets, keep watch and ward, all night.

This beautiful girl was, about the year 1795, kept as a mistress by an adjutant of a Scotch regiment of fencible cavalry.

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adj.

Word Origin and History for fencible