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guardroom

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑɹdˌɹum/

noun

Etymology: From guard + room.

  1. A room used by soldiers when on guard.

    There were flambeaux on staggering poles every ten strides or so, and at intervals of about a hundred strides, bartizans whose guardroom windows glared like fireworks clung to the bridge piers.

  2. A jail cell in which military prisoners are kept.