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fend-off, n.|ˈfɛndɒf| [f. fend v. + off.] The action of fending off; hence concr. something that fends off. Also attrib.
1830Examiner 177/2 A Committee..is the fend-off to importunity, and the contrivance for obtaining time. 1883Gresley Coal Mining Gloss., Fend off bob, a beam hinged at one end and having a free reciprocating motion fixed at a bend in a shaft..to guide the pump rods passing round the bend. 1880Antrim & Down Gloss., Fend off post, a post set in the ground to protect an object from injury by carts, etc., coming in contact with it. |