| 释义 |
guérite Mil.|gerit|
[a. F. guérite: see garret n.1]
A turret or box of wood or stone for the accommodation of a sentry; a sentinel's box.
1706in Phillips (ed. Kersey). 1717tr. Frezier's Voy. S. Sea 93 There is a little Redan, or indented Work..with a Guerite, or Sentinel's Box. 1841James Brigand vi, He stopped at the entrance of one of those little guerites, or watch towers. |