noun
1. : a fortified house with thick protective walls used by American settlers as a protection against Indian attack
2. : blockhouse
3. : a house (as of colonial times) having the second story overhanging the first in the front elevation
noun
1. : a fortified house with thick protective walls used by American settlers as a protection against Indian attack
2. : blockhouse
3. : a house (as of colonial times) having the second story overhanging the first in the front elevation
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012