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guardhouse

[ gahrd-hous ]

noun

plural guardhouses
  1. a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.
  2. a building used for the temporary detention of military prisoners.


guardhouse

/ ˈɡɑːˌʊ /

noun

  1. military a building serving as the headquarters or a post for military police and in which military prisoners are detained
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of guardhouse1

First recorded in 1585–95; guard + house
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The theft of the gun while he was out of the guardhouse will be another black mark.

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Whistling Cay has a guardhouse that colonial-era officials used to scan waters for slaves escaping from St. John to the nearby island of Tortola.

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It was built in 1877 in the form of a panopticon, giving a central guardhouse a clear view to all corners of the "wheel".

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On a Friday afternoon in late March, dozens of workers were lining up at the guardhouse to start their shifts building batteries for vehicles like the Ford F-150 Lightning and the Volkswagen ID.4.

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If you got caught, you’d end up having to spend a few days in the guardhouse.

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