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foreguards

foreguards is the plural of foreguard.

Meaning of foreguard

Noun

foreguard (plural foreguards)

  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

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Questions about foreguards

What is foreguards the plural of?
Foreguards is the plural of foreguard.

Words near foreguards in the dictionary

  1. foregrounding
  2. foregrounds
  3. foregroup
  4. foregroups
  5. foreguard
  6. foreguards
  7. foreguess
  8. foreguessed
  9. foreguesses
  10. foreguessing
  11. foreguide

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