guardroom
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑɹdˌɹum/
noun
Etymology: From guard + room.
- 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.”
- A jail cell in which military prisoners are kept.