BLOCKHOUSE  , in fortification, a small roofed See also:

• WORK

work serving as a fortified See also:

• POST

post for a small See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison . The word, See also:

• COMMON

common since 1500, is of uncertain origin, and was applied to what is now called a fort d'arrct, a detached fort blocking the See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to a landing, channel, pass, See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge or See also:

• DEFILE

defile . The See also:

• MODERN

modern blockhouse is a See also:

• BUILDING

building, sometimes of two storeys, which is loopholed on all sides, and not infrequently, in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of two-See also:

• STOREY (equivalents are Fr. etage, Ital. piano, Ger. Stock)

storey blockhouses, provided with a mdchicoulis See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery . Blockhouses are built of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick, See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, corrugated See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron or any material available . During the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICAN

African See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War (1899—1902) they were often sent from See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England to the front in ready-made sections .