outguard
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
verb
To serve as an outguard at.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "To most of them Dong Tre was only a place somewhere other than the port that they outguarded."
- "Slanting in echelon NE, the three Jap perimeters outguarded four P Perimeters some distance south which had defeated the Aussie tank attack 12 Jan."
- "He outguessed, outscored, and outguarded the Tiger, though the latter in a guard position showed that he was a real basketball man."
- "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; […]"
- "The Wildcats outplayed, outfought, outgarded and, greatest of all, outscored Waterloo."