guardrooms
Where sentries rest
Guardrooms are rooms where military guards are stationed, typically at the entrance to a base, fort, or other secured facility.
The term also refers to rooms where military prisoners are held under guard.
The sentries rotated through the guardroom in four-hour shifts.
Guard on duty
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- garrisonStationed military force
- checkpointInspection station on route
- dutyRequired moral task
post · watch · soldiers · weapons · armory · patrol · relief · quarters
Temporary official holding
- custodyProtective care or control
- jailersThose who guard prisoners
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- cellsBasic biological units
keys · security · wardens · turnkeys · holding · corrections · lockup · surveillance
Of monarchs
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- BuckinghamFamous royal palace
- BeefeatersTower of London guardians
- sentinelsGuards keeping watch
livery · state · throne · monarch · regalia · protocol · Tower · Windsor
sentry
Guard on duty
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- garrisonStationed military force
- checkpointInspection station on route
duty · post · watch · soldiers · weapons · armory · patrol · relief · quarters · fortification
detention
Temporary official holding
cells · keys · security · wardens · turnkeys · holding · corrections · lockup · surveillance · prisoner
royal
Of monarchs
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- BuckinghamFamous royal palace
- BeefeatersTower of London guardians
sentinels · livery · state · throne · monarch · regalia · protocol · Tower · Windsor · household
guardroomsliving quarters
Residential rooms or space
barracks · dormitories · recreation rooms · bedrooms · mess halls
guardroomsprison cells
Confined inmate chambers
detention cells · holding cells · jail cells · dungeons · lockups