单词 | guard-room |
释义 | guard-roomn. a. A room for the accommodation of a (military) guard. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > action or duty of sentry or picket > [noun] > watch-post > guardroom guard-chamber1611 guard-room1762 main guard1902 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 213 They at length arrived at the palace gate, and after waiting half an hour, were admitted into the guard room. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. i. 24 In the guard-room are stationed the viceroy's body-guards, who are relieved every morning between eight and nine. 1829 W. Irving Chron. Conq. Granada (1850) 42 The guard-room was a scene rather of massacre than combat. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 264 The Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers are responsible that no drinking, swearing, gaming, or other irregularity, is allowed in the Guard-Room. b. A room in which prisoners are guarded. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > guardhouse wardhouse1590 guard-house1592 vaughouse1616 guard1714 guard-room1826 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 2 Nov. (1939) 265 In the guard-room were the heroes of La Vendée. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1762 |
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