guard of honour
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishguard of honourguard of honoura group of people who walk or stand together at a special occasion in order to show respect Police colleagues formed a guard of honour at her funeral. → guardExamples from the Corpusguard of honour• They had a band and a guard of honour outside the station, their backs to a row of railwaymen's cottages.• Kerrison was still standing by the body, rigid as a guard of honour.• There was a guard of honour for the Shah to inspect - more than one hundred troops.