casemate /kāsˈmāt/

1. Any bombproof vaulted chamber or an armoured compartment, eg in a ship
2. Orig a loopholed gallery, from which the garrison of a fort could fire upon an enemy who had obtained possession of the ditch

caseˈmated adjective

• iris scanning
• iritic
• iritis
• iritises
• irk
• irked
• irking
• irks
• irksome
• irksomely
• irksomeness
• irksomenesses
• IRL
• IRO
• iroko
• irokos
• iron
• Iron Age
• ironbark
• ironbarks
• iron-bound
• iron-cased
• iron-clad
• iron-clay
• Iron Cross