outpost

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.

   • The outpost did not have enough ammunition to resist a determined assault.
2. 2

   The body of troops manning such a post.

   • Sgt. Smith fleeced most of the rest of the outpost of their earnings in their weekly game of craps.
3. 3

   A sentinel positioned outside.

   • The net had been fully drawn; every member of the gang had been accounted for and now the outposts stationed in the garden were coming in to take over the work of guarding and escorting the haul of prisoners.
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   1. 4

      An outlying settlement.

      • Beyond the border proper, there are three small outposts not officially under government protection.
      • […] Colonel Moen was trying to make sense of the radio nets, which had never really been operational let alone secure; our numerous outposts were cobbled together with hand-held Motorolas and too few repeater stations […]
   2. 5

      A square protected by a pawn that is in or near the enemy's stronghold.

The neighborhood

• neighboroutport
• neighborreposting
• neighborprovincial