fencible
/ (ˈfɛnsəbəl) /
adjective
a Scot word for defensible
noun
(formerly) a person who undertook military service in immediate defence of his homeland only
Words nearby fencible
fence-mending,
fence-off,
fence-sitter,
fencer,
fencerow,
fencible,
fencing,
fencing wire,
fend,
fend for oneself,
fendalton tractor
Example sentences from the Web for fencible
He concludes that about one fencible man in eleven was killed, and every eleventh family burned out.
Great Events in the History of North and South America |Charles A. GoodrichLet fencible men, each party in its own range of streets, keep watch and ward, all night.
The French Revolution |Thomas CarlyleThis beautiful girl was, about the year 1795, kept as a mistress by an adjutant of a Scotch regiment of fencible cavalry.
A History of the Gipsies |Walter SimsonIn his fifteenth year he enlisted in a fencible regiment, which was afterwards stationed at Inverness.