sb. [f. FEND v. + OFF.] The action of fending off; hence concr. something that fends off. Also attrib.
1830. Examiner, 177/2. A Committee … is the fend-off to importunity, and the contrivance for obtaining time.
1883. Gresley, Coal Mining Gloss., Fend off bob, a beam hinged at one end and having a free reciprocating motion fixed at a bend in a shaft … to guide the pump rods passing round the bend.
1880. Antrim & Down Gloss., Fend off post, a post set in the ground to protect an object from injury by carts, etc., coming in contact with it.
