blockhouse

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Pte Malcolm, a stretcher bearer, was found when unidentified remains were recovered from a shell hole outside a German blockhouse in Fusilier Wood, near Klein-Zillebeke, Belgium.

From BBC • May 10, 2023

Others are posing on the porch of an officer’s house and in front of the blockhouse, which are still on the property.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2023

This blockhouse was about 15 feet square with one opening through which was poked the snout of an 88-mm. gun.

From Fox News • Jun. 3, 2019

By one p.m. they were strapped into their couches, familiar from hours spent in vacuum-chamber tests in Houston, and Slayton left for the blockhouse, where he would monitor the test.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2019

We ran up our launch flag on the blockhouse and tilted our launch rod accordingly.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam