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foreguard en · NOUN

Etymology

From fore- + guard.

Meanings

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. 1981, David H. Caldwell, Scottish weapons and fortifications:
   • "[...] Rear guard to river-side, river to foreguard, foreguard to land-side, land-side to rear." 2011, Elizabeth Moon, Kings of the North:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
foreguards	Number=Plur		lexicographic

foreguard en · VERB

Etymology

From fore- + guard.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To guard beforehand.
2. (transitive) To guard in front.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
foreguarded	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
foreguarded	Tense=Past		lexicographic
foreguards	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
foreguarding	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic