单词 | guérite |
释义 | guériten. Military. A turret or box of wood or stone for the accommodation of a sentry; a sentinel's box. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > action or duty of sentry or picket > [noun] > watch-post > sentry-box sentry-box1702 guérite1706 1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) 1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 93 There is a little Redan, or indented Work..with a Guerite, or Sentinel's Box. 1841 G. P. R. James Brigand vi He stopped at the entrance of one of those little guerites, or watch towers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1706 |
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