The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guerite
Guerite \Guer"ite\, n. [F. gu['e]rite.] (Fort.) A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions.
Wiktionary
guerite
n. A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions.
Usage examples of "guerite".
There were four ramparts, and at the corners of the fort were higher citadels, little more than guerites for the shelter of sentries, but the citadels effectively blocked swift movement from one rampart to the next.