watch-housen.

Brit.

/ˈwɒtʃhaʊs/, U.S.

/ˈwɑtʃˌhaʊs/,

/ˈwɔtʃˌhaʊs/

Etymology: watch n.

1. A house in which a watch or guard is stationed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > look-out place

garret1340

tooting-towera1382

watch-house1482

watchtower1544

watch-stand1610

beacon1611

mount1612

belfry1631

lookout1662

mirador1672

lookout tower1748

toot1770

watch point1893

observation post1909

lookout station1928

1482 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 111 [You] woll hawe yowre wull howssyd in yowre wull howsse be the est wache howsse.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/1 Watche howse, lieu de guayet.

1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 108 Vpon the walles euery night doe watch fifteene men in watch houses, for euery watch house fiue men.

1629 Aldeburgh Rec. in Notes & Queries (1921) 12th Ser. VIII. 426/1 To John Cooke in p[aymen]t for a wache house set up at the beacon..01 00 00.

1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 70 Useful Buildings, such as..Watch-houses, &c.

1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. 72 You will see..a watch-house (nick-named a fort) on St. Rosa Island.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe ii. 71 Four of these [summits]..stand like watchhouses on the edge of the cliffs.

1880 A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (ed. 4) 17 One of these loop~holed recesses [in Dean Castle] had been perhaps used as a watch-house in times of emergency.

1881 E. Ingersoll Oyster-industry (10th Census U.S.: Bureau of Fisheries) 249 Watch-house, a shanty built on the shore, or near the planted oyster-beds, from which they may be guarded (Massachusetts).

2. A house used as a station for municipal night-watchmen, in which the chief constable of the night sits to receive and detain in custody till the morning any disorderly persons brought in by the watchmen. (Latterly only in use outside the U.K.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > municipal watchman > chief > station of

watch-house1711

1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 44 Where Statues breath'd, the Work of Phidias' Hands, A wooden pump, or lonely Watch-house stands.

1731–2 Norwich Mercury 11– 18 Mar. 1/2 Several of the Footmen and Chairmen were carried to St. James's Watch-house, and Yesterday Morning were examined before Justice Lambert.

1775 Ann. Reg. 1774 123 The mob pulled down the watch-house, and rescued the prisoners.

1835 Act 5 & 6 William IV c. 76 §78 To deliver any Person so apprehended into the Custody of the Constable..at the nearest Watch-house.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. vi. 218 Here are The Tombs once more. The city watch-house is a part of the building.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) i, in Writings I. 8 The watchmen bore the mother to the watch-house.

1876 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims i. 40 This unwritten play in fifty acts, composed by the dullest snorer on the floor of the watch-house.

1919 Argus (Melbourne) 1 Sept. 6 Detectives..arrested George Whitney..and locked him up at the City Watchhouse.

attributive.1711 London Gaz. No. 4890/3 The Unicorn over-against the Watch-house Door.1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 87 Inside there were several detectives and two watchhouse keepers at the books.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	watch-house
释义	watch-housen. Brit. /ˈwɒtʃhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈwɑtʃˌhaʊs/, /ˈwɔtʃˌhaʊs/ Etymology: watch n. 1. A house in which a watch or guard is stationed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > look-out place garret1340 tooting-towera1382 watch-house1482 watchtower1544 watch-stand1610 beacon1611 mount1612 belfry1631 lookout1662 mirador1672 lookout tower1748 toot1770 watch point1893 observation post1909 lookout station1928 1482 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 111 [You] woll hawe yowre wull howssyd in yowre wull howsse be the est wache howsse. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/1 Watche howse, lieu de guayet. 1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 108 Vpon the walles euery night doe watch fifteene men in watch houses, for euery watch house fiue men. 1629 Aldeburgh Rec. in Notes & Queries (1921) 12th Ser. VIII. 426/1 To John Cooke in p[aymen]t for a wache house set up at the beacon..01 00 00. 1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 70 Useful Buildings, such as..Watch-houses, &c. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. 72 You will see..a watch-house (nick-named a fort) on St. Rosa Island. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe ii. 71 Four of these [summits]..stand like watchhouses on the edge of the cliffs. 1880 A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (ed. 4) 17 One of these loop~holed recesses [in Dean Castle] had been perhaps used as a watch-house in times of emergency. 1881 E. Ingersoll Oyster-industry (10th Census U.S.: Bureau of Fisheries) 249 Watch-house, a shanty built on the shore, or near the planted oyster-beds, from which they may be guarded (Massachusetts). 2. A house used as a station for municipal night-watchmen, in which the chief constable of the night sits to receive and detain in custody till the morning any disorderly persons brought in by the watchmen. (Latterly only in use outside the U.K.) ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > municipal watchman > chief > station of watch-house1711 1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 44 Where Statues breath'd, the Work of Phidias' Hands, A wooden pump, or lonely Watch-house stands. 1731–2 Norwich Mercury 11– 18 Mar. 1/2 Several of the Footmen and Chairmen were carried to St. James's Watch-house, and Yesterday Morning were examined before Justice Lambert. 1775 Ann. Reg. 1774 123 The mob pulled down the watch-house, and rescued the prisoners. 1835 Act 5 & 6 William IV c. 76 §78 To deliver any Person so apprehended into the Custody of the Constable..at the nearest Watch-house. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. vi. 218 Here are The Tombs once more. The city watch-house is a part of the building. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) i, in Writings I. 8 The watchmen bore the mother to the watch-house. 1876 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims i. 40 This unwritten play in fifty acts, composed by the dullest snorer on the floor of the watch-house. 1919 Argus (Melbourne) 1 Sept. 6 Detectives..arrested George Whitney..and locked him up at the City Watchhouse. attributive.1711 London Gaz. No. 4890/3 The Unicorn over-against the Watch-house Door.1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 87 Inside there were several detectives and two watchhouse keepers at the books. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1482
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