lookout; watchhouse
A place or post for keeping watch, such as a guardhouse or observation point.
A suspicious ship was spotted from the lookout.
Soldiers are stationed at the border watchhouse.
番所 is a historical term for a guardhouse or checkpoint, often used in Edo-period contexts.
Standard spelling with okurigana.
Variant without okurigana; less common but still used.
Compound of 見張り (mihari, 'watch, lookout') + 所 (sho, 'place').