Look up: Blockhouse

1. Blockhouse
   Small square fortification, usually of timber bond overlapping arrangement of bricks in courses (flemish, dutch, french, etc.)
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2. Blockhouse
   A blockhouse is a defensible post, usually rectangular, constructed to give shelter and protection to its garrison, consisting of possibly thirty men. Blockhouses were generally constructed from locally available materials, and provided with loop holes for all-round fire. They proved very useful during the South African wars.
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3. blockhouse
   [n] - a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire
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4. Blockhouse
   small fortified barrack
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5. blockhouse
   a protective shelter near launch pads for control and monitoring equipment and operating personnel Category: Transport
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6. Blockhouse
   Block"house` noun [ Block + house : confer German 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 downw …
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7. blockhouse
   noun a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
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8. Blockhouse
   In military science, a `blockhouse` is a small, isolated fort in the form of a single building. It is intended to serve as a defensive strongpoint against any enemy which does not possess siege equipment or, in modern times, artillery. If a fortification is intended to protect against such weapons as well, it is more likely to qualify as castle or, in modern times, a bunker.
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9. Blockhouse
   In military science, a `blockhouse` is a small, isolated fort in the form of a single building. It is intended to serve as a defensive strongpoint against any enemy which does not possess siege equipment or, in modern times, artillery. If a fortification is intended to protect against such weapons as well, it is more likely to qualify as castle or, in modern times, a bunker.
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10. 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 muc...
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11. Blockhouse
    Strong construction used to house personnel and instruments in a static or flight test. Generally has extremely durable overhead construction.
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12. blockhouse
    The blockhouse at Cape Caneveral Launch Complex 34 (LC-34), with the service structure rising behind it, November 1960. Credit: NASA A heavily reinforced building, designed to withstand blast and heat, which, in the early years of space exploration, contained the electronic controls and equipmen...
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