Sen"ti*nel, n. [F. sentinelle
(cf. It. sentinella); probably originally, a litle path, the
sentinel's beat,, and a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F.
sente path. L. semita; and OF. sentine,
sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf.
Sentry.] 1. One who watches or guards;
specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or
other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and
give notice of it; a sentry.
The sentinels who paced the
ramparts.
Macaulay.
2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] "That princes do
keep due sentinel." Bacon.
3. (Zoöl.) A marine crab
(Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable
for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel
crab.
Sen"ti*nel, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Sentineled (?) or Sentinelled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Sentineling or Sentinelling.]
1. To watch over like a sentinel. "To
sentinel enchanted land." [R.] Sir W. Scott.
2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under
the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.
Sen"ti*nel, n. [F. sentinelle
(cf. It. sentinella); probably originally, a litle path, the
sentinel's beat,, and a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F.
sente path. L. semita; and OF. sentine,
sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf.
Sentry.] 1. One who watches or guards;
specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or
other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and
give notice of it; a sentry.
The sentinels who paced the
ramparts.
Macaulay.
2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] "That princes do
keep due sentinel." Bacon.
3. (Zoöl.) A marine crab
(Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable
for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel
crab.
Sen"ti*nel, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Sentineled (?) or Sentinelled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Sentineling or Sentinelling.]
1. To watch over like a sentinel. "To
sentinel enchanted land." [R.] Sir W. Scott.
2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under
the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.
