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Definition of Blockhouse

Blockhouse
Blockhouse Block"house`, n. [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.]

Meaning of Blockhouse from wikipedia

- A blockhouse is a small fortification, usually consisting of one or more rooms with loopholes, allowing its defenders to fire in various directions. It...
- formed from the merger of Blockhouse Bay (founded 1948) and Green Bay-Titirangi United (founded 1973) in 1998. Blockhouse Bay had been a prominent Auckland...
- The Blockhouse is a 1973 drama film directed by Clive Rees and starring Peter Sellers and Charles Aznavour. It is based on the 1955 novel Le Blockhaus...
- Blockhouse Bay is a residential suburb in the south west of Auckland, in New Zealand's North Island. It is sited on the northern coast of the Manukau Harbour...
- The St. Andrews Blockhouse is a blockhouse fortification built in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick during the War of 1812. Built by nearby residents between...
- Fort Blockhouse is a former military establishment in Gosport, Hampshire, England, and the final version of a complicated site. At its greatest extent...
- several blockhouse fortifications were built in the area. The first such fort was built in what is now Central Park, and three other blockhouses numbered...
- Blockhouse fort may refer to various blockhouse forts including: Blockhouse, Washington, a town named after a fort Fort Blockhouse, in Hampshire, England...
- Blockhouse Site is a historic blockhouse located near Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina. It was built about 1756, as a dogtrot log cabin, with two rooms...
- The Device Forts, also known as Henrician castles and blockhouses, were a series of artillery fortifications built to defend the coast of England and...