Definition of "watch-guard" [watch-guard]

• A chain, ribbon, or cord fastened to a watch, and either passed around the neck or secured to some part of the clothing. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Behold him in pepper-and-salt pantaloons, with his watch-guard round his neck."
• "He shut it up; he locked it in with a small key attached to his watch-guard; he restored the other papers to order, closed the repository, and sat down without further remark."
• "Not many minutes elapsed before, kneeling upon his knees, she was stroking his tawny beard and plaiting it in threes, pulling his long moustache, playing with his watch-guard, and laughing in his face with the pretty audacity of six."