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Barbette

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

    "Cleverly camouflaged with grey felt, which exactly matched the colour of the walls, it led upwards to a barbette, or platform, perched beside the gate."

  2. 2
    (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet wordnet
  3. 3
    The inside fixed trunk of a warship's gun-mounting, on which the turret revolves. It contains the hoists for shells and cordite from the shell-room and magazine.

    "The belted cruiser Pamiat Azova or Remembrance of Azoff, is 377 feet long. She is an improved Dmitri Dontskoi, and carries her two 8-inch guns in sponsoned barbettes on either broadside"

Etymology

Borrowed from French barbette.

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