afterguard

/af-ter-gahrd, ahf-/US // ˈæf tərˌgɑrd, ˈɑf- //UK // (ˈɑːftəˌɡɑːd) //

后卫,后卫队,后护卫队,后护卫

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Nautical Slang.
- : the owner of a yacht or his guests.
- : the officers quartered in the stern of a vessel.

It was a sociable ship as far as the afterguard was concerned.
Hinkel had fallen down on his job and the skipper was scared of me, and it was me that put that Dutchman out of the afterguard.
And that curse would follow those who sailed aboard her—either for'ard or in the afterguard—for all time.
Men openly sharpened their knives, and the afterguard ostentatiously showed their pistols.
And I can see you think that the arms is for the afterguard except in case of trouble.