(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:20:51

Watch"house` (?), n.; pl. Watchhouses ().

1.

A house in which a watch or guard is placed.

2.

A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.

 

© Webster 1913.

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