guardship

== English == === Etymology 1 === From guard +‎ ship. ==== Noun ==== guardship (plural guardships) A warship stationed at a port etc. to act as a guard. === Etymology 2 === From guard +‎ -ship. ==== Noun ==== guardship (obsolete) Care; protection. ==== References ==== “guardship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.