fencer (fenser)

[ The Precentor in the Synagogue taketh a bundle of boughs, and ble eth and shaketh them.. and moueth them three times to the East, and as often to the West, and to the N. and S. and then vp and downe like a Fencer , and then shaketh them againe, as hauing now put the Deuill to flight. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 207. 2. A horse good at leaping fences or other obstructions: said generally of a hunter. fence-rooft (fens'röf), n. A roof or covering intended as a defense. sure. having set their flanks thicke thrust together, and fitted their shields close one to another in manner of a fence - roufe, stood their ground and resisted. Holland, tr. of Ammianus, 1609.