fencible

British  

/ ˈfɛnsəbəl /

adjective

1. a Scot word for defensible

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noun

1. (formerly) a person who undertook military service in immediate defence of his homeland only

Example Sentences

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

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 Binning, Hugh

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 Johnson, Samuel

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

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 Parkman, Francis