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Fender

noun

A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud. Synonym: wing.

An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track. Synonyms: buffer, cowcatcher, pilot.

A low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth.

A cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact. Synonym: buffer.

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"Fender" Quotes from Famous Books

... feet poised on the fender, and a newspaper in his skinny clutch, from which he seemed to read. Now and then he yawned, stretched himself, approached the window, gazed forth for a moment with some anxiety depicted on his expressionless face, and then sunk down in his cushioned chair again. All the while ...

— Eventide - A Series of Tales and Poems • Effie Afton

... kid shoes upturned on the fender, little Katie Lowry, confident that she had found an all-powerful friend in this queer long man who smoked such queer long cigars, sipping her tea only when she had to pause for breath, poured out the story of her grandfather's fight with poverty and misfortune, ...

— By Advice of Counsel • Arthur Train

... he said as he stooped to take the shirt out of the fender, "it's got to be done, so why balk it?" And as he combed his hair before the mirror on the wall, he retorted to himself, superficially: "The woman's not speechless dumb. She's not clutterin' at the nipple. She's got the right to please herself, ...

— The Rainbow • D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

... hub of an ashcart," says she. "We lost part of a front fender. And once a traffic policeman tried to arrest ...

— Wilt Thou Torchy • Sewell Ford

... oilcloth or linoleum was easier to clean, but they were not so nice to the feet or the eye. Into all these improvements her daughter entered with the greatest delight. There was to be a red mahogany chest of drawers against one wall and a rosewood piano against the wall opposite. A fender of shining brass with brazen furniture, a bright, copper kettle for boiling water in, and an iron pot for cooking potatoes and meat; there was to be a life-sized picture of Mary over the mantelpiece and a picture ...

— Mary, Mary • James Stephens

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