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Webster 1913 Edition
Blockhouse
Block′houseˊ
,Noun.
[
Block
+ house
: cf. G. blockhaus
.] 1.
(Mil.)
An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; – formerly much used in America and Germany.
2.
A house of squared logs.
[West. & South. U. S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Blockhouse
BLOCK'HOUSE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
blockhouse
blockhouse
English
Noun
A wooden fortification with a projecting upper story
blockhouse (plural blockhouses)
- A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
- A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
- (dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
Translations
a sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
a reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations
a temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story
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