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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?.

Sentine :: Sentine (n.) A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.

Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts..

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..

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..

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

Station :: Station (n.) The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel..

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

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..

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

Centinel :: Centinel (n.) Sentinel.

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

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

Corporal :: Corporal (n.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels..

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel..

Stational :: Station (v. t.) To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa..

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

Sentineling :: Sentineling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sentine.

Sentinelling :: Sentinelling () of Sentine.

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

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