Guardroom

//ˈɡɑɹdˌɹum// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A room used by soldiers when on guard.

    "There were flambeaux on staggering poles every ten strides or so, and at intervals of about a hundred strides, bartizans whose guardroom windows glared like fireworks clung to the bridge piers."

  2. 2
    a room used by soldiers on guard wordnet
  3. 3
    A jail cell in which military prisoners are kept.
  4. 4
    a cell in which soldiers who are prisoners are confined wordnet

Example

More examples

"There were flambeaux on staggering poles every ten strides or so, and at intervals of about a hundred strides, bartizans whose guardroom windows glared like fireworks clung to the bridge piers."

Etymology

From guard + room.

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