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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
bar·bette       [bahr-bet] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.(within a fortification) a platform or mound of earth from which guns may be fired over the parapet instead of through embrasures.
2.Navy. an armored cylinder for protecting the lower part of a turret on a warship.
[Origin: 1765–75; < F, equiv. to barbe beard + -ette -ette, prob. from the general metaphorical use of barbe for something which protrudes or faces outward]
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Bar·bette       [bahr-bet] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a female given name, form of Barbara.
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bar·bette       (bär-bět')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A platform or mound of earth within a fort from which guns are fired over the parapet.
  2. An armored protective cylinder around a revolving gun turret on a warship.


[French, diminutive of barbe, beard; see barb1.]

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barbette

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

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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