guardroom

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a room occupied by soldiers or other personnel while they are on guard duty

   The officer found the night watch waiting in the guardroom.

2. 2
   noun

   a room or cell in which military prisoners are confined

   The deserter spent the night under watch in the guardroom.

Formed from guard + room. The compound became a specific military term both for the room used by troops on guard and, by extension, for a cell under their supervision.

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