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Sentinel :: Sentinel (v. t.) To watch over like a sentinel.

Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) Watch; guard.

Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night..

Qui Vive :: Qui vive () The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the English challenge: Who comes there?.

Post :: Post (v. t.) To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel..

Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) 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..

Reveille :: Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging..

Centinel :: Centinel (n.) Sentinel.

Sentineled :: Sentineled (imp. & p. p.) of Sentine.

Echauguette :: Echauguette (n.) A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle..

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.

Sentry :: Sentry (n.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel.

Sentry :: Sentry (n.) Guard; watch, as by a sentinel..

Watchword :: Watchword (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password..

Cordon :: Cordon (n.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing..

Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with Who comes there?.

Round :: Round (n.) A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural..

Sentinel :: Sentinel (v. t.) To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.

Watchman :: Watchman (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.

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