Noun
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.
A house of squared logs.
Source: Webster's dictionary17th and 18th centuries Fort Edward – The oldest blockhouse in North America (1750). Source: Internet
Lake Allatoona sites: Victoria Day Use Area, Galt’s Day Use Area, Sweetwater Campground overflow parking area, Payne Boat Ramp, Blockhouse 1 behind Paw Paw’s Convenience Store and Bethany Bridge Fishing area. Source: Internet
Barnouin and Yu 58 After passing through three of the four blockhouse fortifications needed to escape Chiang's encirclement, the Red Army was finally intercepted by regular Nationalist troops, and suffered heavy casualties. Source: Internet
"New Model" drives were mounted under which a continuous line of troops could sweep an area of veld bounded by blockhouse lines, unlike the earlier inefficient scouring of the countryside by scattered columns. Source: Internet
Henry VIII built this small blockhouse overlooking the harbour which became known as 'Little Dennis'. Source: Internet
A surviving blockhouse in South Africa. Source: Internet