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blockhouses

[blok-hous] Origin

block·house

[blok-hous]
noun, plural -hous·es [hou-ziz] .
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.

Origin:
1505–15; < Middle Dutch blochuus, equivalent to bloc block + huus house
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blockhouse
c.1500, of uncertain origin (cf. blockade).
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