A small, sturdy fortified building, usually made of heavy wood or stone, used for defense or as a military outpost.
Compound of 'block' (solid, defensive) and 'house.' Used since the 1600s for frontier defensive structures in North America, combining English and Indigenous defensive architecture.
American settlers and the military built blockhouses all across the frontier—they're basically the original form of bunker, designed to survive arrow attacks and cannon fire with thick wooden walls.
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