Meaning of GUARDHOUSE
| Pronunciation: | | 'gârd`haws
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| | Definition: | | [n] a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained |
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| | See Also: | | headquarters, HQ, military headquarters | |
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| | Definition: | | \Guard"house`\, n. (Mil.)
A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which
soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.
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| | Related Terms: | | bastille, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, cell, concentration camp, condemned cell, death cell, death house, death row, detention camp, federal prison, forced-labor camp, gaol, house of correction, house of detention, industrial school, internment camp, jail, jailhouse, keep, labor camp, lockup, maximum-security prison, minimum-security prison, oubliette, pen, penal colony, penal institution, penal settlement, penitentiary, POW camp, prison, prison camp, prisonhouse, reform school, reformatory, sponging house, state prison, stockade, the hole, tollbooth, training school |
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