Meanings
guardhouse1
nounguardhouse (plural guardhouses)
plural guardhouses
- A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc.
Synonyms: barbican, guard station, porter's lodge
- Synonym of military prison.
Synonyms: military prison
Guardhouse2
proper noun
- A hamlet near Threlkeld, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3325).
Two of the 143 structures sit on the old Penrith-Keswick line - one near Guardhouse and one near Gillsrow (between Troutbeck and Threlkeld).
2021 January 13, Philip Haigh, “SOS: Save our Structures - campaigners issue rallying cry”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 48
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc.
nounSynonym of military prison.
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Translations
Bulgarian караулно помещение, будка
- караулно помещение (karaulno pomeštenie)A building housing on-duty guards
- будка (budka)A building housing on-duty guards
Danish vagthus
- vagthusA building housing on-duty guards
Esperanto gardistejo
- gardistejoA building housing on-duty guards
Finnish vartiotupa
- vartiotupaA building housing on-duty guards
Polish strażnica, wartownia
- strażnicaA building housing on-duty guards
- wartowniaA building housing on-duty guards
- kordegardaA building housing on-duty guards
Swedish vakthus
- vakthusA building housing on-duty guards
Turkish bekçi evi, bekçi kabini
- bekçi eviA building housing on-duty guards
- bekçi kabiniA building housing on-duty guards
- bekçi kulübesiA building housing on-duty guards
Cite this entry
APA
guardhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guardhouse
MLA
“guardhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guardhouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guardhouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guardhouse.
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