guardhouse

[ gahrd-hous ]
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noun,plural guard·hous·es [gahrd-hou-ziz]. /ˈgɑrdˌhaʊ zɪz/.
  1. a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.

  2. a building used for the temporary detention of military prisoners.

Origin of guardhouse

1
First recorded in 1585–95; guard + house

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How to use guardhouse in a sentence

  • In a guardhouse asleep when Bobby came into the Castle, he had not seen the little dog before and knew nothing about him.

    Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson

British Dictionary definitions for guardhouse

guardhouse

/ (ˈɡɑːdˌhaʊs) /


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

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