Sentry box

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sentry box
    n 1: a small shelter with an open front to protect a sentry from
         the weather
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sentry \Sen"try\, n.; pl. {Sentires}. [Probably from OF.
   senteret a little patch; cf. F. sentier path, and OF. sente.
   See {Sentinel}.]
   1. (Mil.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel.
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   2. Guard; watch, as by a sentinel.
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            Here toils, and death, and death's half-brother,
            sleep,
            Forms terrible to view, their sentry keep. --Dryden.
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   {Sentry box}, a small house or box to cover a sentinel at his
      post, and shelter him from the weather.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "sentry box":
      Nissen hut, Quonset hut, booth, crib, gatehouse, hut, hutch, kiosk,
      lean-to, outbuilding, outhouse, pavilion, shack, shanty, shed,
      stall, tollbooth, tollhouse

    

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