Home › Words › F › fingerguardfingerguardfingerguard means any device or mechanism designed to prevent the fingers becoming trapped or injured, as in a closing door or a machine.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, fingerguard ranks #6,388 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom finger + guard.nounAny device or mechanism designed to prevent the fingers becoming trapped or injured, as in a closing door or a machine.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).