To guard and defend a strategic location, typically used for a capital city or a military district.

to guard the border; to be stationed at a frontier post for defense

A district or area where troops are stationed for guard and garrison duties (primarily Taiwan usage)

to guard; to garrison; to be stationed at a post to defend it

garrison soldier stationed at a frontier; border guard

to station troops for defense; to guard a frontier

(literary) to be banished to a frontier post for penal servitude; in exile as punishment

(literary) to go on a distant military campaign or be sent to guard a frontier; to serve in a border garrison

A high tower used by border guards to keep watch for enemies.

compulsory labor and military service on the frontier; the practice of conscripting men for defense at the border

soldier stationed at a frontier post or garrison

to defend or garrison; to stand guard; to protect a military post or border

(literary) garrison duty or military service on a frontier

trumpet call used for signals in a frontier garrison

(literary) drums used by garrison troops on guard duty; the sound of such drums being struck to signal the time or a warning in a frontier town

To stand guard or keep watch on a rotating basis or in shifts

to exile prisoners to the frontier for military service; to banish to border regions