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Definition of Sentry box
1. Noun. A small shelter with an open front to protect a sentry from the weather.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sentry Box
Literary usage of Sentry box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770: Consisting of the Narrative by Frederic Kidder, John Adams (1870)
"... the soldiers fired regularly one after another, and when discharged, loaded
again; I then stood behind the sentry box, between the soldier next it and ..."
2. John Chinaman at Home: Sketches of Men, Manners and Things in China by Edward John Hardy (1906)
"... Meaning of the word and description—Population—No ageless restrictions— The
farthest sentry-box of the British Empire—A cosmopolitan Clapham Junction—" ..."
3. Mandalay: And Other Cities of the Past in Burma by Vincent Clarence Scott O'Connor (1907)
"STOCKADE AM1 sentry box (.THIRD BURMESE WAR) AVA RESTORED 1819-1837 On the death
of Bo-daw-paya (see Amarapura) his grandson the Prince of Pagan ascended ..."
4. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1890)
"THE HAWKESBURY Its Course—Windsor—Broken Bay—Lion Island—Ways and Means—An Early
Start—The Month—Nature's Own Scenery—" sentry box Reach "—Wiseman's ..."
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