Both Uses of
sentinel
in
Treasure Island
- Soon after, with a drink all round, we lay down to sleep, and the outside of Silver's vengeance was to put George Merry up for sentinel and threaten him with death if he should prove unfaithful.†
Chpt 29 *
- 30 On Parole I WAS wakened—indeed, we were all wakened, for I could see even the sentinel shake himself together from where he had fallen against the door-post—by a clear, hearty voice hailing us from the margin of the wood: "Block house, ahoy!" it cried.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(1)
(sentinel) a person who stands guard or looks out for something
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, sentinel can be used as a verb meaning to stand guard, or provide or post a guard; or to look out for something.
As a proper noun, Sentinel is sometimes used in the name of a newspaper to indicate that the newspaper is looking out for news the public would want.