n. [ L. sentina bilge water, hold of a ship, dregs: cf. F. sentine. ] A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer. [ Obs. ] Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. sentinelle (cf. It. sentinella); probably originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat, and a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path. L. semita; and OF. sentine, sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf. Sentry. ]
The sentinels who paced the ramparts. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.