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

From a wooden watchtower above the forest, scouts also track and report illegal logging.

From Science News

One is enclosed by thick perimeter walls and a second layer of internal fencing, with an internal watchtower and roadblocks outside a guarded entrance, according to satellite imagery in 2018 analyzed by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

From Washington Post

From the watchtower it could see into every bedroom, every landing, every bathroom.

From The Daily Beast

Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.

From Project Gutenberg

When within a mile of the town, they must have been sighted by the Dervish sentries on a lofty watchtower.

From Project Gutenberg

It might have been a watchtower from the extent of its view, which swept the lake up to the Indian village.

From Project Gutenberg

I am going to try by that route to get into the cavern and thence up to the watchtower aerial-sender.

From Project Gutenberg

A small watchtower is kept manned even now, but it's a hungry land, and one which would drain even a baron's funds.

From Project Gutenberg