Fender
['fendə] or ['fɛndɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud; 'in Britain they call a fender a wing'.
(noun.) a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth.
(noun.) an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track.
Checker: Roberta--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t. & i.) One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm
(v. t. & i.) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.
(v. t. & i.) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.
(v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard.
(v. t. & i.) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.
Checker: Seymour
Definition
n. a metal guard before a fire to confine the ashes: a protection for a ship's side against piers &c. consisting of a bundle of rope &c.—ns. Fend′er-beam a fender of wood protecting a ship's side in dock: a permanent buffer at the end of a railway siding; Fend′er-board a board protecting the steps of a carriage from the dust thrown up by the wheels.
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Examples
- I did, sir, and at the sight of me he looked as I have never seen a man look before, and over he went with his head on the fender. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- At first, such a baby could do little more than sit with him, deserting her livelier place by the high fender, and quietly watching him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- You'd save coals if they put you behind the fender in the waitin'-room at a public office, you would. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Weevle moodily pushes the snuffers-tray from him with his elbow, leans his head on his hand, puts his feet on the fender, and looks at the fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In a room without a window, there burnt a fire guarded by a high and strong fender, and a lamp suspended from the ceiling by a chain. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Oliver retained his stool by the fire; Barney wrapped in a blanket, stretched himself on the floor: close outside the fender. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The fender was of polished steel, with much lancet-shaped open-work and a sharp edge. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Eugene Wrayburn rose, and put his hands in his pockets, and stood with a foot on the fender, indolently rocking his body and looking at the fire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He came back with the towels, and took his former position, crouching seated before the fire on the fender. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He turned, and flipped the ash from his cigarette on to the great marble hearth-stones, that lay bare in the room, without fender or bar. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In succession are the chutes on which the crates of fenders are sent down from the fourth floor of the main factory building to the shipping platform. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The space in the center of the car contains the fenders, and other removable parts of the equipment. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Philip