n. One who or that which fends, guards, or wards off.n. Specifically— A guard placed before an open fire to keep live coals from falling on the floor. It usually consists of an upright fence or parapet of sheet-metal or wire gauze, or a light skeleton of wire, set along the front and sides of a hearth, frequently made ornamental and often having a top bar. Fenders are also made to cover the whole front of a fireplace, and are sometimes fitted with a sort of wicket which can be opened without removing the fender.n. Nautical, a piece of timber, bundle of rope, or the like, hung over the side of a vessel to prevent it from being injured by rubbing against a pier, another vessel, or other body.n. A guard-post placed on the edge of a pier.n. An attachment to a cultivator for preventing the clods of earth turned up by it from injuríng the plants.n. The rubbing-plate of a carriage, placed where the forward wheels turn under the body of the carriage.n. A kind of terrapin. See red-fender.n.