Task: Translation
Input (English): The term applied to various devices fastened to or hung over the sides of a vessel to prevent rubbing or chafing against other vessels or piers. On small craft, as tug boats, fenders of timber faced with hardwood or flat steel plate, or of steel structure run fore and aft on the outside of the vessel above the waterline and are firmly secured to the hull. Wood spars, bundles of rope, woven cane, or rope-covered cork are hung over the sides by lines when permanent fenders are not fitted.
Output (Xhosa): Igama elisetyenziswa kwizixhobo ezahlukeneyo eziqhoboshelwa okanye ezixhonywa ngaphezu kwamacala enqanawe ukunqanada ukhuhleko kwezinye iinqanawe nakwiblorho ekumisa kuyo ezinye iinqanawe