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Barbette carriage
(gcide) | Barbette \Bar*bette"\, n. [F. Cf. Barbet.] (Fort.)
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which
guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
[1913 Webster]
En barbette, In barbette, said of guns when they are
elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not
through embrasures.
Barbette gun, or Barbette battery, a single gun, or a
number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially
protected by a parapet or turret.
Barbette carriage, a gun carriage which elevates guns
sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of
Casemate.]
[1913 Webster] Barbican |
barbette carriage
(wn) | barbette carriage
n 1: a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over
the parapet |
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barbette carriage
(wn) | barbette carriage
n 1: a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over
the parapet |
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