Foreguard
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Foreguard is a verb meaning (transitive) To guard beforehand.
Meaning
(transitive) To guard beforehand.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To guard in front.
- A forward guard, or guard placed out front.
Example Sentences
"[...] Rear guard to river-side, river to foreguard, foreguard to land-side, land-side to rear."
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.
Word Forms
- foreguards
- foreguarding
- foreguarded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prevent, forewatch, forelearn, forestall, forewarn, foregaze.
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