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Meaning of main guard | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A body of troops comprising the chief guard units, especially a unit of cavalry on the wing of a camp towards the enemy, or a group of soldiers in a fortress responsible for dealing with disturbers of the peace.
  2. The keep of a castle; a guardhouse or building in a fortress where such a body of troops is lodged.

Examples

“[A]fter an obstinate engagement, in which divers wounds were given and received, every soul of them was taken, and conveyed to the main-guard, where the commanding officer […] set them all at liberty […].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

main house Main Lead main line main man main market main meal

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