[f. WARD v.1 + -ING2.] That wards or guards; protecting.
1697. Dryden, Æneis, VII. 1013. Short crooked Swords in closer Fight they wear, And on their warding Arm light Bucklers bear.
1916. A. G. Mitchell, War Songs, 13.
| Thy guiding, warding Arm we own; | |
| God bless the Fleet, the Flag, the Throne. |
