fender

Etymology

fend +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnd.ə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)

Noun

fender (plural fenders)

1. (US) Panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
2. (US) A shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water.
3. (nautical) Any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute.
4. A low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash.

Verb

fender (third-person singular simple present fenders, present participle fendering, simple past and past participle fendered)

1. (nautical) To use fenders to protect the side of a boat

Gallery

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  the fenders on this car are highlighted red
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  the fender on the rear wheel of a bicycle
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  the fender on the side of a boat
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  a fireplace with the fender highlighted in false colour

Anagrams

• nerfed

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fender (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin findere, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Cognate with Portuguese fender and Spanish hendir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fenˈdeɾ/

Verb

fender (first-person singular present fendo, first-person singular preterite fendín, past participle fendido)

1. to split, cleave, rip
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 426:

     Et tal colpe lle deu per meo do escudo que logo llo fendeu de çima ata fondo

     And he so hardly stroke his [enemy's] shield by the middle that at the moment he split it, from top to bottom

2. to crack
3. to separate
4. to break through

References

• “fender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “fender” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “fender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “fender” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “fender” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From English fender

Noun

fender m (definite singular fenderen, indefinite plural fendere or fendre or fendrer, definite plural fenderne or fendrene)

1. (nautical) a fender

References

• “fender” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From English fender

Noun

fender m (definite singular fenderen, indefinite plural fenderar, definite plural fenderane)

1. (nautical) a fender

References

• “fender” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin findere, present active infinitive of findō, from Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Verb

fender (first-person singular present indicative fendo, past participle fendido)

1. to split, cleave, rip
2. to crack
3. to separate

Pronunciation

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Noun

fender m

1. forester