Middle English Dictionary Entry
avaunt-gard n.
Entry Info
Forms | avaunt-gard n. Also advaunte-. |
Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The vanguard of an army.
Associated quotations
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)31/20 : Lionse and Phariaunce had that advaunte-garde.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)15 : Ser John Chandos avaunced hym chief in that bataile, havyng the avauntgard.