Fencibles
Fencibles
FENCIBLES. Short for "defensibles," the term was applied to regular troops enlisted for service in Great Britain only, with special exemption from being drafted. There were "fencible infantry" as well as land, river, and sea fencibles in 1796 and perhaps earlier.
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