fender

Examples

• All

• The dockmaster told me to prepare lines and fenders for a port-side docking.

• Detachable fenders for narrow garages.

  The Muppet Movie (1979)

• That's a plastic fender up there!

  Die Hard 2 (1990)

• We would see the signal of the waiting craft, draw up to leeward of her, hang out our fenders, and send our lines aboard her.

  Fiction book (1995)

• At one point, I noticed that the two boats were not parallel, and I moved a fender so that the bulwarks would not chafe.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The fenders are locked!

  A View to a Kill (1985)

• Vintage fenders.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Peter and Helle dropped the fenders over the side, and the boat nudged the dock.

• Since the tug was up against Seawolf's side, with fenders rigged, there was no chance of damage.

Synonyms

C

cushion

vsfender

• Specialized

22 2.7

A layer of air or material that reduces force when one thing hits another

is placed against boats or docks to absorb collisions and prevent damage

B

buffer

vsfender

15 4.2

A thing that absorbs shock to reduce damage

is a physical protector fitted to boats or docks to stop collision damage

Compounds

F

fender-bender

• Informal

18 3.2

A small car crash that causes little or no damage

How Protective

bulwark

11 8.6

bumper

131 2.5

fender

3 6.2

rubrail

• Specialized

9.9

strip

207 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology