fencible
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Obviously, this organization was one of the state fencible units enlisted for defense only, but little else is known about it.
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The Eighth and Ninety-eighth British regiments, the Nova Scotia Fencible Infantry, with a battery of Artillery and a company of Engineers composed the Garrison of Halifax.
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The inhabitants subscribed a sum approaching �4000 towards this fund; the officers of the Royal Nova Scotia Fencible Regiment, �200.
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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.
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It happened, about this time, in consequence of the peace just established with the United States, that the De Meuron, Watteville and Glengarry Fencible Regiments were disbanded in the country.
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