guard-house
(ˈgɑːdhaʊs)
a. A building for the accommodation of a (military) guard. b. A building in which prisoners are detained under guard.
| 1592 Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1848) II. 76 Ilk persone..being warnit to the wache to cum theirto to the gaird hous. 1698 Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 67 The English have a pretty Custom-house and Guard-house. 1712 W. Rogers Voy. 43 They have also a Guard-house, where there are about 20 Men commanded by the Governour, a Lieutenant, and Ensign. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. iii, The Captain proceeded to withdraw his men towards their guard-house in the High Street. 1825 Jefferson Autobiog. Wks. 1859 I. 87 They collected the next day, burnt ten or twelve guard-houses, killed two or three of the guards [etc.]. 1875 Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 698 There were guard-houses at intervals for the body-guard. |