foreguard

verb, noun — 3 senses

verb

Etymology From fore- + guard.

To guard beforehand.

To guard in front.

noun

Etymology From fore- + guard.

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:

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