† court of guard Obs.
(Also c. de guard.)
[A perversion of corps de garde. So Du. kortegaard in sense 2.]
1. = corps de garde 1.
| 1590 Greene Orl. Fur. (1599) 22 Goe see a Centernel be plac'd, And bid the souldiers keepe a Court of gard. 1659 B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 163 Who..killed all the Court of Guard, and with small resistance, grew Masters of the place. 1678 tr. Gaya's Art of War i. 72 The out Courts of Guard make Rounds about the covered wayes. 1703 W. Dampier Voy. III. i. 32 A small Fort..where is always a Court of Guard kept. |
2. = corps de garde 2.
| 1591 Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, ii. i. 4 Let vs haue knowledge at the Court of Guard. 1647 Treas. Acc. Aberdeen in Scot. N. & Q. (1891) Sept. 57 Expence of constructing a Court de Guard in the links. 1648 Cromwell Let. 15 Nov. (Carlyle), Until we have deal-boards to make them courts-of-guard. 1769 De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. IV. 60 A fine Barrack..at the Entry [is] the Court de Guard. 1810 Scott Lady of L. vi. vi, Bertram..Was entering now the Court of Guard. |