barbette
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from French barbette.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
barbette (plural barbettes)
- A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 276:
- Cleverly camouflaged with grey felt, which exactly matched the colour of the walls, it led upwards to a barbette, or platform, perched beside the gate.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 276:
- (nautical) 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.
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
barbette f (plural barbettes)
Further reading
- “barbette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
barbette f
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