vaward

[ vah-wawrd, vou-awrd ]

/ ˈvɑˌwɔrd, ˈvaʊ ɔrd /

noun Archaic.

Nearby words

vav, vavasor, vavasory, vavasour, vavilov, vaward, vb, vb., vc, vcd, vcjd

Origin of vaward

1325–75; Middle English, variant of va(u)mwarde, vantward, aphetic for avantward < Anglo-French avantwarde, equivalent to avant (see avaunt) + warde < Old English weard ward

Examples from the Web for vaward

There must have been a gap between the king's division in the centre and the vaward, or right, for this to be possible.
Battles of English History|H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
Of their Vaward they made a forelorne reckoning, and the like did the Vaward of them.
The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First|John Hayward