lookout
/ˈlʊkaʊt/ noun B2- A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
- A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc. · We kept a lookout all night, but nobody came.
- A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc. · The raid failed when the lookout noticed the enemy group.
- A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
- One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form). · Every person's interest is his own lookout.
- An observation window.
- A joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a nailing surface for the fascia boards.
Plural lookouts
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good news!” shouted forth one of the party stationed in the balcony on the lookout.
The Wolf, having shown himself an apt pupil, said to the Shepherd, “Since you have taught me to steal, you must keep a sharp lookout, or you will lose some of your own flock.”
When night came she went forth with silent foot and obtained food for herself and her kittens, but feigning to be afraid, she kept a lookout all through the day.
His naturally dark complexion had assumed a still further shade of brown from the habit the unfortunate man had acquired of stationing himself from morning till eve at the threshold of his door, on the lookout for guests who seldom came, yet there he stood, day after day, exposed to the meridional rays of a burning sun, with no other protection for his head than a red handkerchief twisted around it, after the manner of the Spanish muleteers.
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