Definition of barbette Barbette
/bɑɹbɛˈt/ - [barbet] - bar•bette
We found 8 definitions of barbette from 7 different sources.
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What does barbette mean?
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NounPlural: barbettes |
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| barbette - (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet |
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- barbette (n.)
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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barbette
bar-bėt′, n. an earthen terrace inside the parapet of a rampart, serving as a platform for heavy guns: in ironclad ships, a heavily armoured redoubt amidships. [Fr.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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barbette
A mode of mounting guns to fire over the parapet, so as to have free range, instead of through embrasures.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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barbette
An earthen terrace, raised within a parapet, so high as to enable guns to be fired over the latter, and therefore with a freer range than when worked at an embrasure.
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🔤- barbette, noun, singular of barbettes.
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