sentry-boxn.

Etymology: < sentry n.¹ + box n.² 30.

A small wooden structure in which a sentry on duty may stand in bad weather.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > action or duty of sentry or picket > [noun] > watch-post > sentry-box

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1702 Boston Town Rec. XI. 29 Ordered that Mr. John Barnerd do forthwith build a Watch House of Eight foot Square, with a Centry box on the Top.

1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 32 The thoughtless Wits..Who 'gainst the Centry's Box discharge their Tea.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Centry Box, a wooden Cell, or Lodge, made to shelter the Centry, or Sentry, from the Injuries of the Weather.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xv. 99 Sentry boxes are placed at certain distances.

1827 Syd. Smith Let. Catholic Quest. in Wks. (1859) II. 127/1 What is really possessed of a country so subdued? four or five yards round a sentry-box, and no more.

1877 Field Exercise Infantry (rev. ed.) 372 On the approach of the relief, a Sentry will place himself in front of his Sentry-box.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	sentry-box
释义	sentry-boxn. Etymology: < sentry n.¹ + box n.² 30. A small wooden structure in which a sentry on duty may stand in bad weather. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > action or duty of sentry or picket > [noun] > watch-post > sentry-box sentry-box1702 guérite1706 1702 Boston Town Rec. XI. 29 Ordered that Mr. John Barnerd do forthwith build a Watch House of Eight foot Square, with a Centry box on the Top. 1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 32 The thoughtless Wits..Who 'gainst the Centry's Box discharge their Tea. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Centry Box, a wooden Cell, or Lodge, made to shelter the Centry, or Sentry, from the Injuries of the Weather. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xv. 99 Sentry boxes are placed at certain distances. 1827 Syd. Smith Let. Catholic Quest. in Wks. (1859) II. 127/1 What is really possessed of a country so subdued? four or five yards round a sentry-box, and no more. 1877 Field Exercise Infantry (rev. ed.) 372 On the approach of the relief, a Sentry will place himself in front of his Sentry-box. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1702
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