Outguard

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outguard \Out"guard`\, n. (Mil.)
     A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main
     body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy;
     hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the
     thing to be defended.
     [1913 Webster]