Meanings
nounblockhouse (plural blockhouses)
plural blockhouses
- A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
- datedA temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper storey.
We had soon touched land in the same place as before and set to provision the blockhouse. All three made the first journey, heavily laden, and tossed our stores over the palisade.
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
Origin
- GermanBlockhaus
- Englishblockhouse
From block + house. Calque of German Blockhaus.
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Arabic حِصْن
- حِصْن (ḥiṣn)sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
Catalan casamata
- casamatasturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
Finnish bunkkeri
- bunkkerireinforced building from which to control hazardous operations
French casemate
- casematesturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
German Blockhaus, Hochbunker
- Blockhaussturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
- Hochbunkersturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
- Blockhausreinforced building from which to control hazardous operations
Polish blokhauz
- blokhauzsturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
Portuguese blocausse, blocause
- blocaussesturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
- blocausesturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
- blockhaussturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
Russian блокга́уз, сруб
- блокга́уз (blokgáuz)sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
- сруб (srub)sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
Spanish blocao, casamata
- blocaosturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
- casamatasturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
Turkish korugan, tahkim edilmiş
- korugansturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
- tahkim edilmişsturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
- sığınaksturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
- koruganreinforced building from which to control hazardous operations
- gözetleme binâsıtemporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story
Vietnamese lô cốt, pháo tháp
- lô cốtsturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
- pháo thápsturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
- đồn canhsturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
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APA
blockhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockhouse
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“blockhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockhouse. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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