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.
From American Military Insignia 1800-1851 by Campbell, J. Duncan
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 Binning, Hugh
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 Parkman, Francis
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 Rogers, Charles
They formed about a quarter of the fencible population of the town of Wells, one of the most exposed places on the border.
From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis
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