noun
- buildings where guards are stationed or where military prisoners are confined
Usage: plural of guardhouse
Examples
- The soldiers were assigned to different guardhouses around the base perimeter.
- Two guardhouses flanked the main entrance to the military compound.
- The prisoner was escorted from the courtroom to one of the guardhouses.
- Security personnel monitored the area from several strategically placed guardhouses.
- The old fort had three guardhouses that still stand today.
- Guards rotated shifts between the various guardhouses on the property.