casemate

[ keys-meyt ]

/ ˈkeɪsˌmeɪt /

noun

an armored enclosure for guns in a warship.

a vault or chamber, especially in a rampart, with embrasures for artillery.

Origin of casemate

1565–75; <Middle French <Old Italian casamatta, alteration (by folk etymology) of Greek chásmata embrasures, literally, openings, plural of chásmachasm

OTHER WORDS FROM casemate

casemated, adjectiveun·case·mat·ed, adjective

Words nearby casemate

case knife, case law, caseload, casemaker, casemaking clothes moth, casemate, casement, casement cloth, case method, caseophile, caseose

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Example sentences from the Web for casemate

Besides the loss of the smoke-stack and steering-gear, the injuries to the casemate of the ram were very severe.
The Gulf and Inland Waters|A. T. Mahan
The meeting on the Louisiana was held in No. 12 casemate, on the port side of the gun deck aft.
With the Battle Fleet|Franklin Matthews
There are now two guns mounted on the casemate carriages in the left flank.
Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina|Frank Barnes
The Lackawanna followed, striking a square blow on the port side at the after end of the casemate.
The Gulf and Inland Waters|A. T. Mahan

The results were as follows:—Under west tower, casemate penetrated, gun not disabled.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885|Charles Royle

British Dictionary definitions for casemate

casemate

/ (ˈkeɪsˌmeɪt) /

noun

an armoured compartment in a ship or fortification in which guns are mounted

Derived forms of casemate

casemated, adjective

Word Origin for casemate

C16: from French, from Italian casamatta, perhaps from Greek khasmata apertures, plural of khasma chasm

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单词	casemate
释义	casemate [ keys-meyt ] / ˈkeɪsˌmeɪt / noun an armored enclosure for guns in a warship. a vault or chamber, especially in a rampart, with embrasures for artillery. Origin of casemate 1565–75; <Middle French <Old Italian casamatta, alteration (by folk etymology) of Greek chásmata embrasures, literally, openings, plural of chásmachasm OTHER WORDS FROM casemate casemated, adjectiveun·case·mat·ed, adjective Words nearby casemate case knife, case law, caseload, casemaker, casemaking clothes moth, casemate, casement, casement cloth, case method, caseophile, caseose Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for casemate Besides the loss of the smoke-stack and steering-gear, the injuries to the casemate of the ram were very severe. The Gulf and Inland Waters\|A. T. Mahan The meeting on the Louisiana was held in No. 12 casemate, on the port side of the gun deck aft. With the Battle Fleet\|Franklin Matthews There are now two guns mounted on the casemate carriages in the left flank. Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina\|Frank Barnes The Lackawanna followed, striking a square blow on the port side at the after end of the casemate. The Gulf and Inland Waters\|A. T. Mahan The results were as follows:—Under west tower, casemate penetrated, gun not disabled. The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885\|Charles Royle British Dictionary definitions for casemate casemate / (ˈkeɪsˌmeɪt) / noun an armoured compartment in a ship or fortification in which guns are mounted Derived forms of casemate casemated, adjective Word Origin for casemate C16: from French, from Italian casamatta, perhaps from Greek khasmata apertures, plural of khasma chasm Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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