Definition of "outguard" [out•guard]

• A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy. (noun)
• Anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended. (noun)

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• "After posting a small outguard, Suong led his force to the fire, where he organized the soldiers into bucket brigades and used the paddy water that was a few feet from the houses."
• "At midnight the fair was still packed and the outguard patrols of the PFs and Marines had reported all was quiet."
• "It was with a feeling akin to relaxation that Elric met the outguard who suddenly appeared from the undergrowth to bar their way along the forest trail."