Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boot or pad worn by a horse to prevent wounding the feet by interfering or overreaching.
- noun plural Guards of infantry.
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Examples
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Setting out from King's Bridge with a foot-guard of twenty men, these officers proceeded to the heights at East Chester, where they saw some of the enemy near the church, but could obtain no intelligence.
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston
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Then, turning with a moisture in my eyes -- for the organ had begun to sound within the abbey -- I found myself staring past the torch of a foot-guard and into the face of my nephew, risen from the dead!
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Majesty and the Catholic faith, and they granted willingly a foot-guard of three hundred archers.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1574-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Majesty and the Catholic faith, and they granted willingly a foot-guard of three hundred archers.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Majesty and the Catholic faith, and they granted willingly a foot-guard of three hundred archers.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 26: 1577, part III John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Majesty and the Catholic faith, and they granted willingly a foot-guard of three hundred archers.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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King remarked it, and sent me, under arrest, to the foot-guard at
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 Friedrich Trenck 1760
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"The Companion escort and the foot-guard, and anyone looking on.
Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981
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