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Definition of Fencible
1. a. Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense.
2. n. A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl.
Definition of Fencible
1. Adjective. Capable of being defended ¹
2. Noun. A militia unit raised for homeland defense. ¹
3. Noun. A soldier in such a unit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fencible
1. a soldier enlisted for home service only [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fencible
Literary usage of Fencible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1908)
"The plan of raising fencible corps in the Highlands was first proposed and carried
into effect by Mr Pitt, afterwards Earl of Chatham, in the year 1759. ..."
2. Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of by David Stewart (1825)
"IT was not till the third year of the American War, that Government ordered
fencible regiments to be raised for the internal defence of the country, ..."
3. A History of the British Army by John William Fortescue (1906)
"From the 9th of January 1799 onwards there came from Ireland a succession of
offers from British fencible Regiments and Irish Militia to serve abroad ..."
4. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"fencible, a word, of doubtful origin, meaning defensive. Regiments raised for
local defense, or at—and only for—a special crisis, used to be denominated ..."
5. Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin: In the Possession of the Municipal by Dublin (Ireland), Rosa Mulholland Gilbert, John Francis Weldrick (1907)
"fencible 1782. September 16.—Post Assembly. [1.] Summons, to take into consideration
the expediency of setting up carts to cleanse the streets cf the city, ..."
6. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"fencible. Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense. fencible.
A soldier enlisted for the defense of the country, and not liable to be ..."
7. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1850)
"My Lord-Lieutenant has given permission to two Colonels of Scotch fencible ...
in his opinion, fencible Corps, as the sole permanent force in this country, ..."
8. A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans by James Browne (1843)
"... he was appointed colonel of a fencible corps to be raised in Scotland, with
the designation of the Lochaber fencible Highlanders. ..."
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