Obs.–1 [ad. Du. wachthuis or LG. wachthûs.] A guard-house.
1616. J. Lane, Contn. Sqr.’s T. (Chaucer Soc.), 131. But they this leader to the vaughouse bore, wheare … how cowardice,… how crueltie abusd his rancke, let silence put it bye.
