guardingn.
/ˈɡɑːdɪŋ/ 1. The action of guard v.; protection; guardianship.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > keeping or custody
yemselc1175
witing?c1225
yeminga1325
depose1393
baila1400
wardenshipa1400
guard1426
awarda1450
custodyc1450
credence1526
safe custody1536
credit1537
warding1548
guarding1551
guardiance1560
guardance1591
guardagea1616
guardship1629
wardship1631
guardianship1646
guardiancy1864
wardenry1906
1551 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. New Test. Luke xi. 1–4 Vnder the tuicion and guarding [1548 wardyng] of their heauenly father.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 887/2 A castell ancientlie vsed by the kings of Aragon for the garding of great personages.
1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited x. 329 The guarding of the Louvre was committed by turns to the British and Austrians, while this process lasted.
1877 Daily News 30 Nov. 5/5 Our only care was the guarding of the valleys by which our flank could be turned.
2. concrete. A trimming of braid, lace, etc. Obsolete exc. Historical.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun]
guardinga1538
basting1592
trimming1625
stringing1722
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 54 The new devysys of gardyng & jaggyng of mennys apparayle.
1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight i. sig. B2v Crownes, garlands, gardins, and what not.
1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xxii. 275 The London apprentices had adopted the white stitching and garding as a decoration for their collars.
3. Curling and Bowls. (See guard v. 9.)
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > actions
inwicking1823
outwicking1830
butting1831
inringing1831
guarding1897
promotion1897
takeout1927
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > types of play
Vincent's law1591
bias bowling1833
roll-off1886
guarding1897
takeout1958
1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 128 The aim of every player is to get his bowls..nearer to the jack than his opponent, and immense variety is afforded by ‘drawing’, ‘guarding’ a shot or a road, ‘trailing’ a jack [etc.].
1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 129 Blocking (also Guarding and Obstructing), playing a bowl so that it shall come to rest between the next player and the jack, or any bowl at which he may wish to aim.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
guardingadj.
/ˈɡɑːdɪŋ/ That guards or protects.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [adjective]
guardant1574
guarding1819
1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall I. i. 10 So good a cause, Was only to be kept by guarding laws.
1895 Daily News 1 Feb. 6/7 The little book..has a guarding flap.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 176 The Adoomas left and fled to the French authority at Njole and remained under its guarding shadow until the French came up and chastised the Fans.
Derivatives
ˈguardingly adv.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [adverb]
guardingly1821
protectingly1828
protectively1839
1821 Examiner 142/1 St. Peter..has a sword guardingly, as he stands up against a tree ‘in a disturbed sleep’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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