guard of honour

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guard of honour (plural guards of honour)

  1. A group of people (especially military), arranged in one or more rows, at a ceremony to honour, or a visit by, an important person.
    • 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph‎:
      With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
  2. (cooking) Two frenched racks of lamb placed together with the ribs interlinked.

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