单词 | guard-house |
释义 | guard-housen. (a) A building for the accommodation of a (military) guard. (b) A building in which prisoners are detained under guard. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > action or duty of sentry or picket > [noun] > watch-post > guardhouse corps de garde1587 guard-house1592 court of guarda1616 wardhousea1643 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > guardhouse wardhouse1590 guard-house1592 vaughouse1616 guard1714 guard-room1826 1592 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 76 Ilk persone..being warnit to the wache to cum theirto to the gaird hous. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 67 The English have a pretty Custom-house and Guard-house. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 43 They have also a Guard-house, where there are about 20 Men commanded by the Governour, a Lieutenant, and Ensign. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 81 The Captain proceeded to withdraw his men towards their guard-house in the High-street. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 87 They collected the next day, burnt ten or twelve guard-houses, killed two or three of the guards [etc.]. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 698 There were guard-houses at intervals for the body-guard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1592 |
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