'Watchhouses' definitions:
Definition of 'Watchhouses'
From: GCIDE
- Watchhouse \Watch"house`\, n.; pl. Watchhouses.
- 1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup. [1913 Webster]