Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In watch-making, a mechanism, provided with a fusee, to prevent the watch from being over-wound.
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Examples
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I'm sad to see you caved and removed the chain-guard.
BSNYC Product Review: Scattante Empire State Courier BikeSnobNYC 2009
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One set of guards, composing the entire chain-guard upon the parapet, were kept on guard duty eight hours out of twenty-four.
John M. Copley. A Sketch of the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. ... 1893
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A double chain-guard of infantry was now thrown around us with orders to shoot any one who attempted an escape.
John M. Copley. A Sketch of the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. ... 1893
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They were not allowed to approach nearer than the bayonet's point of the double chain-guard of
John M. Copley. A Sketch of the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. ... 1893
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Here are near twenty acres of ground inclosed by a plank wall sixteen feet high, upon the top of which a walk or parapet has been constructed four feet wide for the chain-guard, or sentinels, to walk.
John M. Copley. A Sketch of the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. ... 1893
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