Then he touched the timbre that was to summon Jake, to close up fenders and put out lights.
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
I felt myself struck upon the back of the neck, and fell forward into the room, covered by a perfect avalanche of fenders, fire-irons, frying-pans, and copper kettles, mingled with the lesser artillery of small nails, door keys, and holdfasts.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
The Water Witch was secured by springlines, and extra fenders were put over her side.
"The Wailing Octopus"
Harold Leland Goodwin