fencible
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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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
So many years men fought and planned and struggled there, all forgotten now except by the gods; and silently gave away their life, before those countries could become fencible and habitable!
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 02 by Carlyle, Thomas
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
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 Burns, Robert
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 Burns, Robert
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