point duty
the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic
the position at the head of a military patrol, regarded as being the most dangerous
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use point duty in a sentence
Do you mean she's on speaking terms with the policeman on point duty at Piccadilly Circus?
Jack O' Judgment | Edgar WallaceIt was an easy matter to find the constable who had been on point duty at the crossing when the “accident” happened.
The Stowmarket Mystery | Louis TracyWhy, even the policeman who stood at point duty outside must have known all about it!
My first impulse was to turn and step along to Oxford Circus, where I knew another constable would be on point-duty.
The Place of Dragons | William Le QueuxHe's on point duty up and down there for the last ten minutes.
Ulysses | James Joyce
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