He had his right arm tightly round the yard; with the other, he appeared to be Fending himself from something on the other side of him, and further out upon the yard.
"The Ghost Pirates"
William Hope Hodgson
He rode down on the bucket, deftly balanced on the rim and Fending off the wall with one hand, and when he came up he was smiling.
"Shadow Mountain"
Dane Coolidge
But Soane, who knew his ways, coolly defeated the manoeuvre by Fending him off with his cane; and the Reverend Frederick was reduced to raising his eyes and hands to heaven in token of the joy which filled him at the sight of his old pupil.
"The Castle Inn"
Stanley John Weyman