guerite

See also: guérite

English

Etymology

From French guérite. Doublet of garret.

Noun

guerite (plural guerites)

1. A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “guerite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)