sentry-box

English

Alternative forms

sentry box

Noun

sentry-box (plural sentry-boxes)

A booth erected to provide rudimentary shelter to a sentry on his post.

Translations

booth for a sentry

Chinese:
Mandarin: 崗亭 (zh), 岗亭 (zh) (gǎngtíng), 哨所 (zh) (shàosuǒ)
Danish: skilderhus n
Dutch: wachthuisje (nl) n
Finnish: vartiokoppi
French: guérite (fr) f
German: Schilderhaus (de) n

Hungarian: őrbódé
Italian: garitta (it) f
Japanese: 哨舎 (しょうしゃ, shōsha), 番屋 (ばんや, ban'ya)
Norwegian: skilderhus
Russian: караульное помещение (karaulʹnoje pomeščenije), сторожевая будка (storoževaja budka)
Spanish: garita (es)
Swedish: vaktkur c, skyllerkur c

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