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foreguard

verb

Etymology

From fore- + guard.

  1. derived from *wardāną✻ — “to guard, protect”
  2. derived from *wardēn✻
  3. derived from wardo
  4. derived from garder
  5. prefixed as foreguard — “fore + guard”

Definitions

  1. To guard beforehand.

  2. To guard in front.

  3. A forward guard, or guard placed out front.

    • The surviving quillon is recurved horizontally and terminates in a small knob, but has adjacent to it a loop-shaped foreguard almost exactly like that on the Montagu sword.
    • "[...] Rear guard to river-side, river to foreguard, foreguard to land-side, land-side to rear."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA