单词 | watchment |
释义 | † watchmentn. Obsolete. rare. A task of watching. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > as a watchman or sentinel wardOE day watchOE watch1377 watch and ward1390 wakingc1440 scout-watch1464 watching and warding1579 sentinel1585 day ward1597 romboyle1612 escouta1627 sentry1639 watchment1740 wardage1878 sentry-go1880 sentry-going1901 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 203 However, said she, all is well now; because my Watchments are now over, by my Master's Direction... Why, Mrs. Jewkes, said I, is all this fishing about for something,..if there be an End of your Watchments, as you call them? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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