sentry-box
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sentry-box
noun sentry-boxes · sentry box
- A booth erected to provide rudimentary shelter to a sentry on his/her post. As for chronology, I own, Trim, continued my uncle Toby, sitting down again coolly in his sentry-box, that, of all others, it seems a science which the soldiers might best spare, was it not for the lights which that science must one day give him, in determining the invention of powder; […]
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noun booth for a sentry
| Español | garita |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 哨舎 shōsha, 番屋 ban'ya |
| 中文 | 崗亭 /岗亭 gǎngtíng, 哨所 shàosuǒ |
| Português | guarita |
| Français | guérite |
| Deutsch | Schilderhaus, Wachhäuschen |
| Italiano | garitta |
| Русский | карау́льное помеще́ние karaúlʹnoje pomeščénije, сторожева́я бу́дка storoževája búdka |
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@misc{sentry_box_2026,
title = {sentry-box},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sentry-box},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
