outguard

English

Etymology

From out +‎ guard or out- +‎ guard.

Noun

outguard (plural outguards)

(military) 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.
(by extension) Anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

Verb

outguard (third-person singular simple present outguards, present participle outguarding, simple past and past participle outguarded)

To serve as an outguard at.
- 1962 May-June, Stuart A. Beckley, “"Operation Kadesh", Mobility Masterpiece”, in Armor, page 60:
  The defense complex itself, not unlike that organized in and around Abu Ageila, consisted of several batallion strongpoints outguarded and flank protected by platoon, detachment, and company sized units.
- 1992, S. L. A Marshall, The Fields of Bamboo:
  To most of them Dong Tre was only a place somewhere other than the port that they outguarded.
- 1997, Dr. Hargis Westefield, Joe Murphy, “Infighting at Sanananda”, in 41st Infantry Division: Fighting Jungleers, page xxxix:
  Slanting in echelon NE, the three Jap perimeters outguarded four P Perimeters some distance south which had defeated the Aussie tank attack 12 Jan.
To do a better job of guarding than.
- 1921, The Colorado School of Mines Magazine - Volumes 11-13, page 22:
  He outguessed, outscored, and outguarded the Tiger, though the latter in a guard position showed that he was a real basketball man.
- 1991, Illinois. General Assembly. Senate, Journal of the Senate, page 2421:
  Whereas, the Bulls outgunned, outguarded and outplayed the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday, June 12, to claim their fourth victory in the best-of seven series for the National Basketball Association title; […]
- 2008, Dick Burdette, The Waterloo Wonders, page 171:
  The Wildcats outplayed, outfought, outgarded and, greatest of all, outscored Waterloo.