guardhouse

See also: Guardhouse

English

Etymology

From guard +‎ house.

Noun

guardhouse (plural guardhouses)

1. A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc.
2. Synonym of military prison.

Synonyms

• (small station at entrance): barbican, guard station, porter's lodge

Translations

A building housing on-duty guards

• Bulgarian: караулно помещение n (karaulno pomeštenie)
• Danish: vagthus (da) n
• Esperanto: gardistejo
• Macedonian: стража́рница f (stražárnica)
• Swedish: vakthus n
• Turkish: bekçi evi, bekçi kabini, bekçi kulübesi