The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vanward
Vanward \Van"ward\, a.
Being on, or towards, the van, or front. ``The vanward
frontier.''
--De Quincey.
Wiktionary
vanward
a. On or towards the front. adv. Towards the front.
Usage examples of "vanward".
Keats, conscious that his damsel was not in the vanward of the pageant of ladies.
The horizon round with raging eyes of flame:-- My vanward posts, too, have been driven in, And I need succours--thrice ten thousand, say.
He, being in the vanward, placed behind With purpose to relieve and follow them, Cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke.