Definition of barbettes Barbettes

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barbettes (Noun)
Plural of barbette.

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barbettes, noun, plural of barbette.

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Plural: barbettes

barbette - (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet

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barbette (Noun)
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
barbette (Noun)
The inside fixed trunk of a warship's gun- mounting, on which the turret revolves. It contains the hoists for shells and cordite from the shell-room and magazine.

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 📕

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 ⛵

barbette
A mode of mounting guns to fire over the parapet, so as to have free range, instead of through embrasures.

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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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