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Observation post   /ˌɑbzərvˈeɪʃən poʊst/   Listen
Observation post

noun
1.
An elevated post affording a wide view.  Synonym: lookout.



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"Observation post" Quotes from Famous Books



... coveted observation post the German gunners got the range of the town beyond the village so completely that one day they poured a continuous stream of shells over our heads from 4.30 in the morning till mid-day. It was, I remember, at day-break next morning that under ...
— A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire • Harold Harvey
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... bit," he told me. "I have high hopes. After breakfast we'll make our way ashore and choose an observation post." ...
— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne
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... every day—has been shelled every day for months. Possibly the enemy suspects a machine-gun or an observation post amid the tumble-down buildings. Hardly one brick remains upon another. And yet—the sorrowful Figure is unbroken. The Body is riddled with bullets—in the glowing dawn you may Count not five but fifty wounds—but the Face is untouched. It is the standing miracle ...
— All In It K(1) Carries On - A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand • John Hay Beith (AKA: Ian Hay)
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... Sec observation post, near St. Mihiel, a French soldier was showing the scenery to ...
— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher
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Words linked to "Observation post" :   post, station, weather station


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