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blockhouse
[ blok-hous ]
noun
plural blockhouses
- Military. a fortified structure with ports or loopholes through which defenders may direct gunfire.
- Also called garrison house. (formerly) a building, usually of hewn timber and with a projecting upper story, having loopholes for musketry.
- a house built of squared logs.
- Rocketry. a structure near a launching site for rockets, generally made of heavily reinforced concrete, for housing and protecting personnel, electronic controls, and auxiliary apparatus before and during launching operations.
blockhouse
/ ˈɒˌʊ /
noun
- (formerly) a wooden fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc
- a concrete structure strengthened to give protection against enemy fire, with apertures to allow defensive gunfire
- a building constructed of logs or squared timber
- a reinforced concrete building close to a rocket-launching site for protecting personnel and equipment during launching
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Others are posing on the porch of an officer’s house and in front of the blockhouse, which are still on the property.
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The old launch-pad blockhouses there had a single restroom - for men.
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The old launch-pad blockhouses there had a single restroom — for men.
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From the trenches and blockhouses they poured a deadly fire across the bloody beach called Omaha.
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Behind the thick walls were cases of ammunition, Behind the blockhouse the gun crew had tunneled into the side of the hill and installed living quarters.
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