Definition of Senry
Sen"try (?), n.; pl.
Sentires (#). [Probably from OF. senteret a
little patch; cf. F. sentier path, and OF. sente. See
Sentinel.] 1. (Mil.) A soldier
placed on guard; a sentinel.
2. Guard; watch, as by a sentinel.
Here toils, and death, and death's half-brother,
sleep,
Forms terrible to view, their sentry keep.
Dryden.
Sentry box, a small house or box to cover a
sentinel at his post, and shelter him from the weather.
Sen"try (?), n.; pl.
Sentires (#). [Probably from OF. senteret a
little patch; cf. F. sentier path, and OF. sente. See
Sentinel.] 1. (Mil.) A soldier
placed on guard; a sentinel.
2. Guard; watch, as by a sentinel.
Here toils, and death, and death's half-brother,
sleep,
Forms terrible to view, their sentry keep.
Dryden.
Sentry box, a small house or box to cover a
sentinel at his post, and shelter him from the weather.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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