| Fender: English to English | 
| Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor. | 
| Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard. | 
| Fender (v. t. & i.) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf. | 
| Fender (v. t. & i.) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels. | 
| Fender (v. t. & i.) One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm |