(formerly) a wooden fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc
2.
a concrete structure strengthened to give protection against enemy fire, with apertures to allow defensive gunfire
3.
a building constructed of logs or squared timber
4.
a reinforced concrete building close to a rocket-launching site for protecting personnel and equipment during launching
blockhouse in American English
(blɑkˌhaʊs)
noun
1. Obsolete
a strong wooden fort with a projecting second story and openings in the walls for the defenders to shoot from
2. US
any building of squared timber or logs
3. US, Military
a small defensive structure of concrete
4. US
a dome-shaped, heavily reinforced structure, with periscopes and detecting instruments, to protect observers of missile launchings, nuclear explosions, etc.
Examples of 'blockhouse' in a sentence
blockhouse
The guard still hadn't come out of the blockhouse with their papers; they were taking their own sweet time.
Dobbs, Michael WALL GAMES (1995)
Suddenly it seemed that a majority wanted peace, a majority wanted to live in a country, not in a blockhouse.
Loraine, Philip LOADED QUESTIONS (1995)
All five of them ducked inside the claustrophobic blockhouse.
Anderson, Kevin J. THE X FILES 3: GROUND ZERO (1995)