Definition of "blockhouses" [blockhouses]

• Plural form of blockhouse. (noun)

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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."
• "The blockhouses were a source of constant annoyance to him."
• "Looking across the way, Scott and his troops saw Chapultepec, and two miles beyond, the castle blockhouses defended city gates."