衛えい所しょ

noun

guard post; torpedo room

Historical military term for a place guarded by soldiers; also used specifically for a torpedo room on a warship. Rare in modern Japanese.

• 旧きゅう海かい軍ぐんの資し料りょうには、艦かん内ないの衛えい所しょの配はい置ちが記しるされている。

  Old navy documents record the layout of the torpedo rooms inside the ship.

• 城しろの周しゅう囲いにはいくつかの衛えい所しょが設もうけられていた。

  Several guard posts were set up around the castle.