Definition of "handguard" []

• A guard you put in the front of your weapon to improve hand and finger protection. It also gives room for more attachments to the weapon itself. (noun)

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• "The second complaint is about the forward handguard, which is made of sheet metal."
• "The DDXV is the standard handguard model and the midlength handguard model is coming but doesn't have a title yet."
• "This they explained away with laconic bemusement, observing that the break occurred while moving a stubborn prisoner, and “the soldier concerned had placed the handguard against a VC head with considerable force.”"