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noun
A raised platform on the roof of a house, especially one on a coastal house originally used for viewing the arrival of shipping
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
a lookout atop a coastal house
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lookout, observation tower, lookout station, observatory
History
Apparently in reference to the women who would watch for their husbands to return from the sea, but would sometimes learn that they had been killed.
