nose guard

collocation in English

meaningsofnoseandguard

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nose
noun[C]
uk
/nəʊz/us
/noʊz/
the part of the face that sticks out above the mouth, through which you breathe ...
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guard
noun[C]
uk
/ɡɑːd/us
/ɡɑːrd/
a person or group of people whose job is to protect a person, place, or thing from danger or attack, or to prevent a person such as a criminal ...
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(Definition ofnoseandguardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The termsnoseguardor middle guard were more commonly used with the five-man defensive line of the older 5-2 defense.
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Thenoseguardis also used in a 50 read defense.
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He played in every game, starting the final 11 contests atnoseguard.
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The other defensive tackle essentially becomes anoseguardand lines up in front of the center.
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As a junior he was listed as anoseguardon defense and an offensive tackle.
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He entered his senior year having shedded almost 30 pounds, and started all 13 games atnoseguard.
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He redshirted in 2002 and then started the 2003 campaign as the team'snoseguard.
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That season, he started 11 games atnoseguardand ranked among the nation's leaders with 16 tackles for loss on the year.
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In addition, the defense must assign anoseguardto the center.
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He also played center andnoseguardfor the school's football team.
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By the 1990s, however, coaches were having issues with the demands of finding players who could handle thenoseguardand defensive tackle positions of this defense.
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In five-linemen situations, such as a goal-line formation, thenoseguardis the innermost lineman, flanked on either side by a defensive tackle or defensive end.
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In recent years, fencers are protected by chain mail or padding for the body, fencing arm, fencing hand (gauntlet) and the throat, completed by steel goggles with anoseguard.
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