watchtower

[woch-tou-er]

noun

1. a tower on which a sentinel keeps watch.

watchtower

/ ˈwɒtʃˌtaʊə /

noun

1. a tower on which a sentry keeps watch

Word History and Origins

Origin of watchtower¹

First recorded in 1535–45; watch + tower ¹

Example Sentences

But with high fences, watchtowers and armed guards, "there was no way to leave", until he was released with 5,400 other Chinese nationals since the February crackdown.

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On one occasion, he said, a guard had opened fire from a watchtower with a machine gun because a group of women, children and elderly people was moving too slowly away from the site.

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His career paths are hunter, forager or watchtower guard, but he seems more like the product of a progressive Montessori school, even with his dad urging him to cackle at shredded deer intestines.

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A watchtower on a hilltop, still painted in the colours of the Iranian flag, overlooks the base.

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The camp, surrounded by barbed wire, is now long abandoned and overgrown - weeds are growing on wooden watchtowers and signs along the fence say "off limits" in red text.

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