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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bar•bette (bär bet′),USA pronunciation n. - (within a fortification) a platform or mound of earth from which guns may be fired over the parapet instead of through embrasures.
- Military[Navy.]an armored cylinder for protecting the lower part of a turret on a warship.
- French, equivalent. to barbe beard + -ette -ette, probably from the general metaphorical use of barbe for something which protrudes or faces outward
- 1765–75
- a female given name, form of Barbara.
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