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blockhouse

[ blok-hous ]

noun

plural blockhouses
  1. Military. a fortified structure with ports or loopholes through which defenders may direct gunfire.
  2. Also called garrison house. (formerly) a building, usually of hewn timber and with a projecting upper story, having loopholes for musketry.
  3. a house built of squared logs.
  4. 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

  1. (formerly) a wooden fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc
  2. a concrete structure strengthened to give protection against enemy fire, with apertures to allow defensive gunfire
  3. a building constructed of logs or squared timber
  4. a reinforced concrete building close to a rocket-launching site for protecting personnel and equipment during launching
“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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of blockhouse1

1505–15; < Middle Dutch blochuus, equivalent to bloc block + huus house
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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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