Usually means: Feudal duty to defend castle.
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  1. castle-guard: Merriam-Webster
  2. castle-guard: Wordnik
  3. castle-guard: Wiktionary
  4. Castle-guard: Dictionary.com
  5. Castle-guard: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Castle-guard: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. castle-guard: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Castle-guard: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. castle-guard: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. castle-guard: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Castle-guard: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (castle-guard)

noun:  The guard or defence of a castle.
noun:  (UK, law, obsolete) A tax or imposition on a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castleward.
noun:  A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.

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