v. Obs. Also 6 begard. [f. BE- 6 + GUARD sb.] trans. To adorn or furnish with ‘guards’ or facings, generally of lace or embroidery. Hence, Beguarded ppl. a.
1605. J. Davies, Humours, 43 (D.). My too strait-laced all begarded girles.
1640. Fuller, Joseph’s Coat (1867), 51. To seek with our own inventions to beguard that which God will have plain.
