foreguard

Etymology

From fore- + guard.

foreguard means A forward guard, or guard placed out front. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

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.”

verb

To guard beforehand.
To guard in front.