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(the) Wardhouse: used to render Norwegian Vardøhuus, the name of a fortress situated on the island of Vardö, off the NE. coast of Norway.
A guardhouse for prisoners. Scottish.
Fortification. spec. With the and capital initial. The fortification of this type in the Russian defences during the siege of Sebastopol in the…