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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024case•mate (kās′māt′),USA pronunciation n. - Militaryan armored enclosure for guns in a warship.
- Militarya vault or chamber, esp. in a rampart, with embrasures for artillery.
- Old Italian casamatta, alteration (by folk etymology) of Greek chásmata embrasures, literally, openings, plural of chásma chasm
- Middle French
- 1565–75
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