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Webster 1828 Edition

Sentry-box

SEN'TRY-BOX

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Noun.

A box to cover a sentinel at his post, and shelter him from the weather.

Definition 2025

sentry-box

sentry-box

English

Alternative forms

sentry box

Noun

sentry-box ‎(plural sentry-boxes)

A booth, erected to provide elementary shelter to a sentry on his post

Translations

booth

Dutch: wachthuisje n
Finnish: vartiokoppi
French: guérite (fr) f
German: Schilderhaus (de) n
Hungarian: őrbódé

Italian: garitta (it) f
Norwegian: skilderhus
Russian: караульное помещение ‎(karaulʹnoje pomeščenije), сторожевая будка ‎(storoževaja budka)
Spanish: garita (es)
Swedish: vaktkur c, skyllerkur c