Foreguard

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To guard beforehand. transitive
  2. 2
    To guard in front. transitive

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From fore- + guard.

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