blockhouse – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
blockhouse
n.
fortified concrete building with openings for firing weapons
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
fortress or a
redoubt, or in modern times, be an underground
bunker.
blockhouse
Noun
1. a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
(hypernym) stronghold, fastness
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.
(n.)
A house of squared logs.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
blockhouse
Synonyms and related words:
acropolis, bastion, beachhead, box, bridgehead, bungalow, bunker, cabin, castle, chalet, citadel, cot, cote, cottage, donjon, fasthold, fastness, fort, fortress, garrison, garrison house, hold, keep, lodge, log cabin, love nest, martello, martello tower, mote, motte, peel, peel tower, pied-a-terre, pillbox, post, rath, safehold, snuggery, strong point, stronghold, tower, tower of strength, ward,
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