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BLOCKHOUSE

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 74 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BLA-BOS
BLOCKHOUSE , 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'arrct, 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 mdchicoulis gallery. Blockhouses are built of
wood
 , brick, stone, corrugated iron or any material available. During the
South
 
African
  War (18991902) they were often sent from England to the front in ready-made sections.


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