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‖ guarda-costa
(ˈgɑːdə ˈkɒstə, Sp. ˈgwarda-)
Also 8 guard de costa, guarda-coasta.
[Sp.; f. guarda- + Sp. costa coast.]
A Spanish vessel used for the protection of the coast; a custom-house cutter.
1731Gentl. Mag. I. 218 Admiral Stewart having received orders to cruize upon the Spaniards, as well Merchant Ships as Guard de Costas. 1742Fielding J. Andrews ii. xvii, I was attacked by one of those cursed guarda-costas who took our ships before the beginning of the war. 1760–72tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) I. 39 While the galleons, guarda costas, or other Spanish ships are here. 1817P. Moore in Parl. Debates 1797 Slave-dealing, which..might..be stopped more easily by a few vessels in the nature of guarda costas. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 227 Swarming with privateers in war-time, and with guarda costas or preventive-service cutters in peace. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. IV. xl. 153. |