outguard
outguard · outguards
A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch…A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy.
Meaning
2 sensesA guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy.
(broadly)Anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.
Origin
From out + guard or out- + guard.From out + guard or out- + guard.
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