fencible
Britishadjective
noun
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She had determined, the letter said, to put the sea coast into a "fencible arraye of warre."
From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe
Let fencible men, each party in its own range of streets, keep watch and ward, all night.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
About nine-and-twenty years ago, the fencible men of Col were reckoned one hundred and forty, which is the sixth of eight hundred and forty; and probably some contrived to be left out of the list.
From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson
You know Frazer, the hautboy-player in Edinburgh—he is here, instructing a band of music for a fencible corps quartered in this county.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
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
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