[dān] (n) EN: immigration border checkpoint ; customs station ; check point ; outpostFR: poste frontière [ m ] ; poste de douane [ m ] ; douane [ m ] ; poste de contrôle [ m ]
n. (Mil.) (a) A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy. (b) The troops placed at such a station. [ 1913 Webster ]