fencible
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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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
Freidrich's plan of Campaign is settled long since: Recapture Schweidnitz; clear Silesia of the enemy; Silesia and all our own Dominions clear, we can then stand fencible against the Austrian perseverances.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle
Obviously, this organization was one of the state fencible units enlisted for defense only, but little else is known about it.
From American Military Insignia 1800-1851 by J. Duncan Campbell
In his fifteenth year he enlisted in a fencible regiment, which was afterwards stationed at Inverness.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
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
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