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Watchtower

noun

An observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies.

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"Watchtower" Quotes from Famous Books

... a scene of other days, That dimly meets my fancy's gaze; The moon's fair beams are glist'ning bright, On the Severn's loveliest vale, And yonder watchtower's gloomy height Looks ...

— The Poetry of Wales • John Jenkins

... sun once more gladdened earth, and filled with light the clear blue arch of the firmament. On her elevated watchtower stood the adventurous traveller, till the clouds, passing away, opened up to her wondering gaze the glorious view—glorious, yet terrible! It seemed as if the ruins of a burned-up world lay all around: the wastes were strewn with masses of lava; of life not a sign was ...

— The Story of Ida Pfeiffer - and Her Travels in Many Lands • Anonymous

... and both his eyes, as he stepped backward from the table, the waiter shifted his napkin from his right arm to his left, dropped into a comfortable attitude, and stood surveying the guest while he ate and drank, as from an observatory or watchtower. According to the immemorial usage of ...

— A Tale of Two Cities - A Story of the French Revolution • Charles Dickens

... distribution of bed-rooms, the latter choosing for herself a queer little triangular nook in a gable. Perhaps she perceived that a room of less modest proportions would inevitably have to be shared with Bluebell. It might have been a watchtower from the extent of its view, which swept the lake up ...

— Bluebell - A Novel • Mrs. George Croft Huddleston