英语词汇“casemate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

casemate

/ˈkeɪsmeɪt

noun

1 historical A small room in the wall of a fortress, with openings from which guns or missiles could be fired.He endorsed the construction of works with high stone or brick walls, the guns arranged in multilevel tiers of internal chambers called casemates, and firing done through iron-shuttered embrasures piercing the facade....

These vaulted casemates form the main walls of the fort and support the wide gundeck, the roof of the Castillo.
Guns usually stood on a flat terreplein, shooting over a wide earth parapet which was intended to absorb incoming fire, although they might also fire through splayed embrasures, or be housed in vaulted casemates on a lower storey.

2An armoured enclosure for guns on a warship.Following the deck above the turret back out to daylight, the first two of the secondary 5.9in guns are accessible, with the armoured casemate broken open to give a view of the breech mechanisms.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, from Italian casamatta, perhaps from Greek khasma, khasmat- (see chasm).

单词	casemate
释义	casemate /ˈkeɪsmeɪt / noun 1 historical A small room in the wall of a fortress, with openings from which guns or missiles could be fired.He endorsed the construction of works with high stone or brick walls, the guns arranged in multilevel tiers of internal chambers called casemates, and firing done through iron-shuttered embrasures piercing the facade.... These vaulted casemates form the main walls of the fort and support the wide gundeck, the roof of the Castillo. Guns usually stood on a flat terreplein, shooting over a wide earth parapet which was intended to absorb incoming fire, although they might also fire through splayed embrasures, or be housed in vaulted casemates on a lower storey. 2An armoured enclosure for guns on a warship.Following the deck above the turret back out to daylight, the first two of the secondary 5.9in guns are accessible, with the armoured casemate broken open to give a view of the breech mechanisms. Origin Mid 16th century: from French, from Italian casamatta, perhaps from Greek khasma, khasmat- (see chasm).
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