Ward (fencing)

Ward (fencing)

A ward or guard (translating German "Hut" "protection") is a defensive position in the German school of swordsmanship. In MS I.33 the concept is rendered as custodia "guard".


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  • Ward — Ward, n. [AS. weard, fem., guard, weard, masc., keeper, guard; akin to OS. ward a watcher, warden, G. wart, OHG. wart, Icel. v[ o]r[eth]r a warden, a watch, Goth. wards in da[ u]rawards a doorkeeper, and E. wary; cf. OF. warde guard, from the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ward penny — Ward Ward, n. [AS. weard, fem., guard, weard, masc., keeper, guard; akin to OS. ward a watcher, warden, G. wart, OHG. wart, Icel. v[ o]r[eth]r a warden, a watch, Goth. wards in da[ u]rawards a doorkeeper, and E. wary; cf. OF. warde guard, from… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • ward — [wôrd] vt. [ME warden < OE weardian, to protect, guard, akin to OHG warten, to wait (see GUARD): E form and sense infl. by NormFr warder, to protect, keep (for OFr garder)] 1. to turn aside; fend off; parry: usually with off 2. Archaic to keep …   English World dictionary

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  • ward — [[t]wɔrd[/t]] n. 1) gov a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes 2) gov one of the districts into which certain English and Scottish boroughs are divided 3) a division or large room of a hospital for a …   From formal English to slang

  • Rebecca Ward — Rebecca Becca Ward (born February 7, 1990) is an American sabre fencer.Ward won the gold medal at the sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Mariel Zagunis 15 11 in the final. A member of the Oregon Fencing Alliance (OFA), she… …   Wikipedia

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