sentry box

noun

1. a small structure for sheltering a sentry from bad weather.

sentry box

noun

1. a small shelter with an open front in which a sentry may stand to be sheltered from the weather

Word History and Origins

Origin of sentry box¹

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

"I can make it any size I please, from a thimble to a sentry-box," said the Goblin.

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Weyburn was attracted by a diminutive white tent, of sentry-box shape, evidently a bather's, quite as evidently a fair bather's.

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A few steps from the Osinins house he saw an elegant carriage for two persons standing before the police sentry-box.

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The anonymous author of the observations on the termites of Ceylon, seems to have discovered a sentry-box in his nests.

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Them palanquins are as big as 'ouses, an' uncommon 'ard to sell, as M'Cleary said when ye stole the sentry-box from the Curragh.'

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