en barbetteadv.
See barbette n. and quot. 1772.
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1772 T. Simes Mil. Guide When the parapet of a work is only of such a height that the guns may fire over it without being obliged to make embrasures, it is said the guns fire en Barbet.
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VII xii. 71 Two batteries..Case-mated one, and t'other ‘a barbette.’
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