Definition of blockhouse Blockhouse
/blɑˈkhawˌs/ - [blakaws] - block•house
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What does blockhouse mean?
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NounPlural: blockhouses |
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| blockhouse - a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire |
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- blockhouse (n.)
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. - blockhouse (n.)
A house of squared logs.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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blockhouse
A small work, generally built of logs, to protect adjacent ports. Blockhouses were primarily constructed in our American colonies, because they could be immediately built from the heavy timber felled to clear away the spot, and open the lines of fire. The ends were simply crossed alternately and pinned. Two such structures, with a space of 6 feet for clay, formed, on an elevated position, a very formidable casemated work. The slanting overhanging roof furnished excellent cover in lieu of loop-holes for musketry.
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🔤- blockhouse, noun, singular of blockhouses.
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