DCHP-3

guard

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Hist.

an enclosed pasture near a fur post or fort where spare horses were kept under surveillance.

See: horseguard(def. 1)

Quotations

1857
Despatch the horses to the Company's 'guard,' distant 10 miles down the other side of the river.
1872
Every station of the Hudson's Bay Company has a "guard," or judiciously selected spot, well supplied with good water, wood, pasturage, and shelter, where the horses are kept.
1956
From the seventy horses grazing in the guard he chose a number for riding and drawing wagon and carts. . . .
2n. — West

See quote.

Quotations

1963
Usually everyone did a two-hour spell of night herd, or "guard" as it was sometimes called. . . .
3an.

a strip of land, usually ploughed but sometimes burned free of grass, intended to stop the advance of a grass fire or a prairie fire.

See: fireguard ((n.))(def. 1)

Quotations

1902
The guard must be disked, so that all the weeds and grass are cut off.
1905
When Mr. Conrad arrived he promptly helped me with the plough, and we finished the furrow. He, thinking the guard was large enough, got the horses inside.
3bn.

in the bush, a strip of land cleared of trees and brush and intended to stop the advance of a forest fire.

See: firebreak(def. 3)

Quotations

1955
I told them I would show them just where the guard had to be cut, as I had already decided on a likely spot while surveying the position.
1958
One blaze . . . jumped its guards Monday night and 35 men were attempting to stop it.