"sentry-box" meaning in English

See sentry-box in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: sentry-boxes [plural], sentry box [alternative]
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  1. A booth erected to provide rudimentary shelter to a sentry on his/her post. Coordinate_terms: guard post Translations (booth for a sentry): караулка (karaulka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 崗亭 /岗亭 (gǎngtíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 哨所 (shàosuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), skilderhus [neuter] (Danish), wachthuisje [neuter] (Dutch), vartiokoppi (Finnish), guérite [feminine] (French), Schilderhaus [neuter] (German), Wachhäuschen [neuter] (German), őrbódé (Hungarian), garitta [feminine] (Italian), 哨舎 (shōsha) (alt: しょうしゃ) (Japanese), 番屋 (ban'ya) (alt: ばんや) (Japanese), skilderhus (Norwegian), guarita [feminine] (Portuguese), карау́льное помеще́ние (karaúlʹnoje pomeščénije) [neuter] (Russian), сторожева́я бу́дка (storoževája búdka) [feminine] (Russian), garita (Spanish), vaktkur [common-gender] (Swedish), skyllerkur [common-gender] (Swedish), stražowa chěžka [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), guerite [feminine] (Walloon)

Inflected forms

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