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
   [n] - a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire
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3. Blockhouse
   small fortified barrack
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4. blockhouse
   a protective shelter near launch pads for control and monitoring equipment and operating personnel Category: Transport
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5. 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 projecti...
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6. blockhouse
   noun a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
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7. 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 fir...
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8. Blockhouse
   In military science, a blockhouse is a small, isolated fort in the form of a single building. It serves as a defensive strong point against any enemy that does not possess siege equipment or, in modern times, artillery. A fortification intended to resist these weapons is more likely to qualify as a...
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9. 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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10. 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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11. blockhouse
    blockhouse, small fortification, usually temporary, serving as a post for a small garrison. Blockhouses seem to have come into use in the 15th cent. to prevent access to a strategically important objective such as a bridge, a ford, or a pass. Later the term was broadened to include all detached and ...
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12. Blockhouse
    A blockhouse is a defensible post, usually rectangular, constructed to give shelter and protection to its garrison, consisting of possibly thirty men.
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13. Blockhouse
    [Central Park] The Blockhouse is a small fort in the northern part of Central Park, in New York City, New York, and is the oldest structure standing in the park. It is located on an overlook of Manhattan schist, with a clear view of the flat surrounding areas north of Central Park. Finished ...
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14. Blockhouse
    [disambiguation] A blockhouse is a small, isolated fort in the form of a single building. Blockhouse or Block House may also refer to: ==Buildings== ==Other== ...
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