lookout duty
Sentry post work
Lookout duty is the assigned task of watching for danger, approaching vessels, or other significant developments.
The term comes from military and maritime contexts, where someone stands watch to spot threats or opportunities: He drew lookout duty from midnight to four.
The phrase implies vigilance and responsibility for alerting others to what's observed.
- sentinelGuard who monitors
- watchmanBuilding security guard
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- on guardAlert and watchful
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
patrol · sentry · standing watch · observation · tower · watch tower · scout · perch · binoculars · eagle eye · horizon · crow's nest · surveillance · alert · scanning · post · watchtower · spotter
- shipboard activitiessailing, navigation, fishing, steering, swabbing
- watching overguarding, protecting, monitoring, supervising, minding
- seamanshipseamanship, steering, anchoring, navigation, chartwork
- naval dutiesanchor watch, battle stations, damage control, general quarters, night watch
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
- navigation rulescollision avoidance, give way, right of way, rule of the road, safe speed
lookout dutycombat duty
Military service in warfare
combat operations · battle stations · active combat · direct action · offensive operations
lookout dutyoff duty
Not at work
rest period · off-duty · stand-down · liberty · shore leave
look, lookout, lookouts, looks, looked, looking, looker, lookers, outlook