BLOCKHOUSE
blockhouse
(noun) a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blockhouse (plural blockhouses)
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
Anagrams
• houseblock
Source: Wiktionary
Block"house` (, n. Etym: [Block + house: cf. G. blockhaus.]
1. (Mil.)
Definition: An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military
defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper
story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its
sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling
the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly
much used in America and Germany.
2. A house of squared logs. [West. & South. U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition