mounted guard
Horseback security patrol
A mounted guard is a sentry or watchman who performs duties on horseback.
The term applies both to the individual soldier and to the ceremonial unit: The mounted guard at Buckingham Palace draws tourists daily.
To stand or keep mounted guard is to serve in this capacity.
The phrase emphasizes the elevated, mobile nature of the patrol compared to guards on foot.
- watchmanBuilding security guard
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- horsebackAtop a steed
- cavalryMounted military force
- sentinelGuard who monitors
ceremonial · palace · soldier · uniform · red coat · vigilant · post · on duty · duty · station · at attention · lance · sabre · helmet · plume · regiment · changing · tower
- warriorsfighter, knight, footsoldier, barbarian, samurai
- elite guardsbodyguards, Beefeaters, Immortals, Mamluks
- equestriansrider, jockeys, horseman, horsewoman, show jumpers
- honor guardssentinel, sentinels, sentry, Beefeater, Beefeaters
- royal guardsBeefeater, guardsman, Beefeaters, sentries, sentry
- cavalrycavalry, cavalryman, cavalry brigade, cavalry charges, cavalry officer