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Blockhouse
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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in fortification, a small roofed work serving as a fortified post for a small garrison. The word, common since 1500, is of uncertain origin, and was applied to what is now called a fort d'arret, a detached fort blocking the access to a landing, channel, pass, bridge or defile. The modern blockhouse is a building, sometimes of two storeys, which is loopholed on all sides, and not infrequently, in the case of two-storey blockhouses, provided with a mdckicoulis gallery. Blockhouses are built of wood, brick, stone, corrugated iron or any material available. During the South African War (1899-1902) they were often sent from England to the front in ready-made sections.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Blockhouse'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/blockhouse.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Blockhouse'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/blockhouse.html. 1910.
