Definition of "guard-mounting" [guard-mounting]

• Milit., the act or ceremony of stationing a guard. It includes all the details of the placing of sentinels, etc. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He had the intelligence to leave me and the constant companion of these travels to ourselves as we went about that treasury of wonders, but before we got to the armory he stayed us with a delicate gesture outside the court of the palace till a troop for the guard-mounting had gone in."
• "We proceeded to put the post in as good order as possible; had regular guard-mounting and parades, but little drill."
• "He was called a "sergeant" in the regular battalion, learned the manual of arms, and regularly attended the parade and guard-mounting of the Thirteenth, back of my camp."