Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense. / One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection. / A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.

(informal) A budgerigar.

A member of a Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Iswa. / (plural Catawbas) A reddish American dessert grape.

Alternative form of square-rigged