fencible
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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So rigorously was it applied that, what with voluntary and enforced enlistment, one town, that of Gloucester, was deprived of two-thirds of its fencible men.
From Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV by Francis Parkman
You know Frazer, the hautboy player in Edinburgh—he is here instructing a band of music for a fencible corps quartered in this country.
From The Letters of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
So rigorously was it applied that, what with voluntary and enforced enlistment, one town, that of Gloucester, was deprived of two thirds of its fencible men.
From Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour by Francis Parkman
Suppose the enemy's army to consist of 20,000 or above, are there not more fencible persons in the shires on the north side of Forth?
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
It is certain that all fencible persons were not present, because the whole army being numbered, ver.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
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