Vedette (sentry)
Early warning soldier or military unit
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Naval
Navies use the term vedette to refer to a small scouting or patrol boat.
The term has also been used for specific naval vessels (see USS Vedette), and a class of flying boat (see Canadian Vickers Vedette).
Structures
All around Salisbury Plain in southern England, the roads connecting the plain with the surrounding countryside feature brick-built guard-posts, staffed by security officers whenever there is military activity beyond such points. They are known as vedettes, and each one is named for a local geographic feature.[2]
The Gardjola is a prominent guard tower on Maltese forts in Malta and an example of a vedette.[3][4][5] It may be referred to in French as an échauguette.[6]
