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fenced the tables

fenced the tables is the simple past and past participle of fence the tables.

Meaning of fence the tables

Verb

fence the tables (third-person singular simple present fences the tables, present participle fencing the tables, simple past and past participle fenced the tables)

  1. (Scotland, historical, idiomatic) To make a solemn address to those who present themselves to commune at the Lord's Supper, on the feelings appropriate to the service, in order to hinder, so far as possible, those who are unworthy from approaching the table.
    • January 19 1840, Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Memoirs
      Felt great help in fencing the tables

Questions about fenced the tables

What is fenced the tables the simple past and past participle of?
Fenced the tables is the simple past and past participle of fence the tables.

Words near fenced the tables in the dictionary

  1. fence-sitting
  2. fence-viewer
  3. fenced
  4. fenced in
  5. fenced off
  6. fenced the tables
  7. fenced-in
  8. fenceful
  9. fencefuls
  10. Fencehouses
  11. fenceless

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