Obs. (Also c. de guard.) [A perversion of CORPS DE GARDE. So Du. kortegaard in sense 2.]

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  1.  = CORPS DE GARDE 1.

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1590.  Greene, Orl. Fur. (1599), 22. Goe see a Centernel be plac’d, And bid the souldiers keepe a Court of gard.

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1659.  B. Harris, Parival’s Iron Age, 163. Who … killed all the Court of Guard, and with small resistance, grew Masters of the place.

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1678.  trans. Gaya’s Arms War, I. 72. The out Courts of Guard make Rounds about the covered wayes.

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1703.  Dampier, Voy., III. I. 32. A small Fort … where is always a Court of Guard kept.

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  2.  = CORPS DE GARDE 2.

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1591.  Shaks., 1 Hen. VI., II. i. 4. Let vs haue knowledge at the Court of Guard.

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1647.  Treas. Acc. Aberdeen, in Scot. N. & Q. (1891), Sept., 57. Expence of constructing a Court de Guard in the links.

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1648.  Cromwell, Lett., 15 Nov. (Carlyle). Until we have deal-boards to make them courts-of-guard.

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1769.  De Foe’s Tour Gt. Brit., IV. 60. A fine Barrack … hath been built here…. At the Entry [is] the Court de Guard.

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1810.  Scott, Lady of L., VI. vi. Bertram … Was entering now the Court of Guard.

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