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barbette
bar·bette B0071700 (bär-bĕt′)n.1. A platform or mound of earth within a fort from which guns are fired over the parapet.2. An armored protective cylinder around a revolving gun turret on a warship.
[French, diminutive of barbe, beard; see barb1.]barbette (bɑːˈbɛt) n1. (Fortifications) (formerly) an earthen platform inside a parapet, from which heavy guns could fire over the top2. (Military) an armoured cylinder below a turret on a warship that protects the revolving structure and foundation of the turret[C18: from French, diminutive of barbe a nun's barb1, from a fancied similarity between the earthwork around a cannon and this part of a nun's habit]bar•bette (bɑrˈbɛt)
n. 1. a platform or mound of earth in a fortification, from which guns may be fired over the parapet. 2. an armored cylinder for protecting the lower part of a turret on a warship. [1765–75; < French, =barbe beard + -ette -ette] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | barbette - (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapethill, mound - structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind" |
barbette
barbette[bär′bet] (naval architecture) A nonrotating cylinder of armor that protects the rotating part of the turret of a warship below the gunhouse. (ordnance) A mound of earth or a platform upon which guns are mounted to fire over a wall or parapet. barbetteA raised platform in a medieval fort that served as a mounting surface for a weapon to fire over a parapet at the enemy.barbette
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