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† vantguard, n. Obs.
Forms: α. 5–6 Sc. wantgard, 6–7 vantgard (6 -garde), 6–8 vantguard (6–7 -guarde). β. 5–6 vauntgarde (7 vaunte-), 6–7 vauntgard, -guard.
[Aphetic f. avant-guard. Cf. vantward.]
1. Mil. = vanguard 1.
αc1470Henry Wallace vi. 500 Wallace him selff the wantgard he has tayne. a1548Hall Chron. (1809) 441 Bothe the vantgardes ioyned together with suche a force that it was maruell to beholde. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1970/2 Being lodged in the vantgard that was gouerned by monsieur de Brissac. 1598Barret Theor. Warres iii. ii. 67 The one marcheth in the vantgard, and the other in the reareward. 1648Gage West Ind. x. 40 And Tupitil and Teutecatl, very principall gentlemen, had the Vant-gard with ten thousand men. 1670Cotton Espernon i. iii. 133 Shewing him at the same time the Duke's Vant-Guard, which began to appear upon a little eminence hard by. 1700Chauncy Hist. Antiq. Herts. (1826) I. 39 Who..was Captain of the Vantguard of King Edward's Army in Scotland. a1754Carte Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 60 His vantguard was quartered at S. Lanfranc.
βc1450Merlin x. 151 Now fro hens-forth may we go vpon youre enmyes, and ther-fore devise now who shall haue the vaunt garde. 1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 232 In the vaunte garde..were xx thousand crysten men. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 124 In kepyng this course the vauntgarde encountered with the Erle of Boleyn. 1583T. Stocker Civ. Warres Lowe C. iii. 98 b, They first appointed seuen Ensignes for the vauntguard. 1643R. Baker Chron. 94 Fauconbridge and Blunt continue the leading of the Vauntguard. 1679Blount Anc. Tenures 109 By condition of service to lead the Vauntguard of the Earles Army.
b. fig. = vanguard 1 b.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas i. vi. 39 Of all the Beasts..The Elephant the Vant-guard doth command. 1623H. Sydenham Serm. Sol. Occ. (1637) 90 Men who make a shrewd flourish in the vant-guard of Religion. 1629N. Carpenter Achitophel i. (1640) 22 Litle can true wisdome..perswade in the Reare where wicked policie commands the Vant-guard.
2. a. A breastplate, corslet. rare—1.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 120 They had also Habergions..which is a defence for the breste, called a breste plate, or a vauntgarde.
b. (See quot.)
1611Florio, Vanguardia,..a vantguard of a helmet, of a caske or head piece. |