fencible|fencibles in English

noun

soldier enlisted for the defense of the country

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1. At one point, the fire became so intense that the Fencibles, who had been placed in front of the abatis, withdrew to a position behind it.

2. De Salaberry quickly advanced to behind the abatis, taking with him the light company of Captain Ferguson's Canadian Fencibles, two companies of Voltigeurs under Captains Juchereau-Duchesnay, a party of 22 Amerindians under Captain Lamothe, and a company of the 2nd Battalion Sedentary Militia of Beauharnois under Captain Longuetin.