outguard

plural outguards

1. governmentA guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy.
2. broadlyAnything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

present singular third person outguards · participle present outguarding · participle past outguarded · past outguarded

1. To serve as an outguard at.

   To most of them Dong Tre was only a place somewhere other than the port that they outguarded.

   1992, S. L. A Marshall, The Fields of Bamboo

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   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.

   1962 May-June, Stuart A. Beckley, “"Operation Kadesh", Mobility Masterpiece”, in Armor, page 60

   Slanting in echelon NE, the three Jap perimeters outguarded four P Perimeters some distance south which had defeated the Aussie tank attack 12 Jan.

   1997, Dr. Hargis Westefield, Joe Murphy, “Infighting at Sanananda”, in 41st Infantry Division: Fighting Jungleers, page xxxix

2. To do a better job of guarding than.

   The Wildcats outplayed, outfought, outgarded and, greatest of all, outscored Waterloo.

   2008, Dick Burdette, The Waterloo Wonders, page 171

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   He outguessed, outscored, and outguarded the Tiger, though the latter in a guard position showed that he was a real basketball man.

   1921, The Colorado School of Mines Magazine - Volumes 11-13, page 22

   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; […]

   1991, Illinois. General Assembly. Senate, Journal of the Senate, page 2421