guarding

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of guard

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The duty of one who guards.
2. (countable, uncountable)A guardrail.

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

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