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middle guard
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noun Football.
a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.
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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…
Also called nose guard.
Origin of middle guard
1870–75, for an earlier sense
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How to use middle guard in a sentence
Before any man was admitted into the Old Guard, he had to pass through twelve campaigns, and for the middle Guard, six campaigns.
He then sent General Friant to support the cavalry on the plain with four battalions of the middle guard.
Military Career of Napoleon the Great|Montgomery B. GibbsThe third night he was detailed to stand with Bob MacGregor on the middle guard, which lasts from eleven o'clock until two.
The Lure of the Dim Trails|by (AKA B. M. Sinclair) B. M. Bower