outguard

From out +‎ guard or out- +‎ guard.

outguard (plural outguards)

1. (military) 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.
2. (by extension) Anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

outguard (third-person singular simple present outguards, present participle outguarding, simple past and past participle outguarded)

1. To serve as an outguard at.
   • 1962 May-June, Stuart A. Beckley, “"Operation Kadesh", Mobility Masterpiece”, in Armor, page 60:

     The defense complex itself, not unlike that organized in and around Abu Ageila, consisted of several batallion strongpoints outguarded and flank protected by platoon, detachment, and company sized units.

   • 1992, S. L. A Marshall, The Fields of Bamboo:

     To most of them Dong Tre was only a place somewhere other than the port that they outguarded.

   • 1997, Dr. Hargis Westefield, Joe Murphy, “Infighting at Sanananda”, in 41st Infantry Division: Fighting Jungleers, page xxxix:

     Slanting in echelon NE, the three Jap perimeters outguarded four P Perimeters some distance south which had defeated the Aussie tank attack 12 Jan.

2. To do a better job of guarding than.
   • 1921, The Colorado School of Mines Magazine - Volumes 11-13, page 22:

     He outguessed, outscored, and outguarded the Tiger, though the latter in a guard position showed that he was a real basketball man.

   • 1991, Illinois. General Assembly. Senate, Journal of the Senate, page 2421:

     Whereas, the Bulls outgunned, outguarded and outplayed the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday, June 12, to claim their fourth victory in the best-of seven series for the National Basketball Association title; […]

   • 2008, Dick Burdette, The Waterloo Wonders, page 171:

     The Wildcats outplayed, outfought, outgarded and, greatest of all, outscored Waterloo.