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

She and Bhutto bought a one-bedroom unit at City View Condos, a brick blockhouse in the tumbledown Barry Farm area of Southeast D.C.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2019

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

The shock wave of the launch knocked him down, and he got up, howling, and ran to the blockhouse and leapt behind it.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam