"foreguard" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From fore- + guard.",
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        "To guard beforehand."
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        "(transitive) To guard beforehand."
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        "To guard in front."
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        "(transitive) To guard in front."
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  "word": "foreguard"
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          "text": "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.",
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        "A forward guard, or guard placed out front."
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        "To guard beforehand."
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        "(transitive) To guard beforehand."
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        "To guard in front."
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        "(transitive) To guard in front."
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        "A forward guard, or guard placed out front."
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