† court of guardn.
Obsolete.
1. = corps de garde n. 1.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty
guarda1513
counterguard1523
stand watch1525
presidy1529
body of guard1579
court of guarda1592
perdu1622
sentry1705
field-watch1797
watch-post1852
a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Dv Goe see a Centernell be placde, And bid the souldiers keep a Court of gard.
1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. iii. 169 Who..killed all the Court of Guard, and with small resistance, grew Masters of the place.
1678 tr. L. de Gaya Art of War i. 72 The out Courts of Guard make Rounds about the covered wayes.
1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland i. 32 A small Fort..where is always a Court of Guard kept.
2. = corps de garde n. 2.
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society > armed hostility > defence > action or duty of sentry or picket > [noun] > watch-post > guardhouse
corps de garde1587
guard-house1592
court of guarda1616
wardhousea1643
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. i. 4 Let vs haue knowledge at the Court of Guard . View more context for this quotation
1647 Treas. Acc. Aberdeen in Scot. Notes & Queries (1891) Sept. 57 Expence of constructing a Court de Guard in the links.
1648 O. Cromwell Let. 15 Nov. (Carlyle) Until we have deal-boards to make them courts-of-guard.
1769 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 7) IV. 60 A fine Barrack..at the Entry [is] the Court de Guard.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake vi. 249 Bertram..Was entering now the court of guard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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