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- noun Plural form of
blockhouse .
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Examples
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These very strong buildings they called their blockhouses, and after they finished them they dug a well in the corner of the inclosed ground, striking water at a depth of twenty feet.
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The blockhouses were a source of constant annoyance to him.
Three Years' War Christiaan Rudolf De Wet 1888
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The true gem out there is the CCAFS museum - and preserved pad 26 and 5/6 blockhouses.
Save Historic Mercury Mission Control Center - NASA Watch 2009
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Looking across the way, Scott and his troops saw Chapultepec, and two miles beyond, the castle blockhouses defended city gates.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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They'd go to the southern tip of the island near the lighthouse and part the weeds to see the 172-yearold Bois Blanc South Blockhouse, probably one of the last blockhouses built in Canada by the British.
Historic Boblo Island Block House From 1800s To Be Moved The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Looking across the way, Scott and his troops saw Chapultepec, and two miles beyond, the castle blockhouses defended city gates.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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They'd go to the southern tip of the island near the lighthouse and part the weeds to see the 172-yearold Bois Blanc South Blockhouse, probably one of the last blockhouses built in Canada by the British.
Historic Boblo Island Block House From 1800s To Be Moved The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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The hull of his small boat ripped by coral, he is marooned in this heavenly/hellish place, where the white sand is peppered with abandoned towers and blockhouses.
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Taken altogether, then, the climate suggested that if the offensives were going to be shut down, mid-September was the time to make the decision, as that would give German engineers almost two months to build shelters and garages, lay out defensive positions, and pour concrete for blockhouses.
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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Communist-era apartments, drab as prison blockhouses, brooded over medieval daub-and-wattle farm buildings with thatched roofs.
The Black Madonna Davis Bunn 2010
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