| 单词 | provost cell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprovost cell provost cell n. a cell for confining military prisoners. ΚΠ 1872 Times 16 Dec. 5/6 The regiment is quartered singly at a station, and provost cells are actually under the charge of the provost-sergeant. 1902 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Provost cell, in the British service, a military prison for soldiers confined, by order of the commanding officer or by sentence of court martial, for periods not exceeding forty-two days. 2003 Africa News (Nexis) 20 Mar. Military police..marched the two non-commissioned officers to a waiting car which drove them to the provost cell, en-route to prison. < as lemmas |
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