In later use: An edifice of one or (formerly) more storeys, constructed chiefly of timber, loop-holed and embrasured for firing.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > blockhouse or pill-box (5) blockhouse1512 In later use: An edifice of one or (formerly) more storeys, constructed chiefly of timber, loop-holed and embrasured for firing. Puntal1702 A defensive fortification at the entrance to the harbour at Cadiz (originally consisting of a blockhouse erected on a point of sand); a similar… block1829 A blockhouse. U.S. Obsolete. pillar box1916 Military. In the First World War (1914–18): a concrete structure used as a gun emplacement; = pillbox, n. 3. historical in later use. pillbox1917 Military. A small concrete fortification used as a gun emplacement, observation point, etc. |
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