watchtower
- n an observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies
- A building full of soldiers loomed over the Temple courtyards like a watchtower over a prison.
- Visitors to the palace must undergo three separate body searches before passing through the arched gates, all under the gaze of trained marksmen standing sentry in a watchtower.
- As the road dips and rises through the Hebron hills, white etched with the glowing green of vineyards, the turn-off to Edna village is marked by the grey, concrete watchtower of an .