guarding

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːdɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dɪŋ

guarding

1. present participle and gerund of guard

guarding (countable and uncountable, plural guardings)

1. The duty of one who guards.
2. A guardrail.
   • 2012, James Holmes-Seidle, Barrier-Free Design, page 58:

     Guardings and balustrades should be designed to minimize the risk of wheelchair users catching their feet between balusters  […]

3. (medicine) Tensing of the muscles, especially of the abdomen, in order to minimise the movement and agitation to the internal inflamed organs.