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

/ ˈɡɑːdˌhaʊs /

noun

1. military a building serving as the headquarters or a post for military police and in which military prisoners are detained

Word History and Origins

Origin of guardhouse¹

First recorded in 1585–95; guard + house

Example Sentences

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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Related Words

• confinement 
• jail 
• lockup 
• penitentiary