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Fender   /fˈɛndər/   Listen
Fender

noun
1.
A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud.  Synonym: wing.
2.
An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track.  Synonyms: buffer, cowcatcher, pilot.
3.
A low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth.
4.
A cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact.  Synonym: buffer.



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"Fender" Quotes from Famous Books



... of him first as one to be shunned and feared. For it was said that "when in drink" he would pick up the barrack-room fender with one hand and hurl it across the room. I was told that he was a master of the art of swearing—that he could pour forth a continual flow of oaths for a full five minutes ...
— At Suvla Bay • John Hargrave
... said Madame Tiphaine, putting her pretty foot on the bar of the fender, "to make it understood that my salon is ...
— Pierrette • Honore de Balzac
... paddler coming down has a lighter on each side of her as the one sketched on page 38. She will come down toward the leading marks shown on the right-hand side of the picture, and then slide along the bank, using the lighter on the port side as a fender. Then she will leave the bank and shoot across to the other side of the river, taking the next turn with her ...
— A Dweller in Mesopotamia - Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden • Donald Maxwell
... list by any means end here. Rough sea-dogs, with friendly feelings toward other dogs, crop up, as well as brave Titans who make derricks of their arms and fender-piles of their bodies. Here, too, are skinny, sun-dried Excellencies with a taste for revolutions, well-groomed club swells with a taste for adventure and cocktails, not to mention half a dozen gay, ...
— The Veiled Lady - and Other Men and Women • F. Hopkinson Smith
... out the paper bag from inside the fender, and, carrying it upstairs, thrust it inside the lid of her box. "There! and I hope I'll never see the old thing ever any more, and then, p'raps, in time I'll forget all ...
— The Making of Mona • Mabel Quiller-Couch


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