FENDER
\fˈɛndə], \fˈɛndə], \f_ˈɛ_n_d_ə]\
Definitions of FENDER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm
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A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.
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Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.
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A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard.
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Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.
By Oddity Software
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One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm
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A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.
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Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.
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A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard.
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Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.
By Noah Webster.
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A cushion of rope, or piece of wood hung over the side of a vessel to prevent injury by contact with a landing-stage or wharf, etc.; a metal guard in front of a fireplace to prevent the hot coal from falling upon the floor; a device attached to the front of a street car, automobile, or locomotive, to prevent injury to people.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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A guard before a fire to confine the ashes; a piece of timber, mass of ropes, &c., to protect the side of a vessel from injury by collision.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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That which defends; a metal article placed on the hearth before the fire; a piece of timber or coil of rope hung over a ship's side to prevent injury from rubbing against another surface.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. One who, or that which, fends or wards off; especially, a metallic frame to hinder coals of fire from rolling forward to the floor;—a piece of timber, bundle of old ropes, or other thing hung over the side of a vessel to prevent it from injury by striking against a wharf or another vessel.
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