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bar·bette

   [bahr-bet]
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; < French, equivalent to barbe beard + -ette -ette, probably from the general metaphorical use of barbe for something which protrudes or faces outward

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Bar·bette

   [bahr-bet]
noun
a female given name, form of Barbara.
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barbette (bɑːˈbɛt)
 
—n
1.  (formerly) an earthen platform inside a parapet, from which heavy guns could fire over the top
2.  an armoured cylinder below a turret on a warship that protects the revolving structure and foundation of the turret
 
[C18: from French, diminutive of barbe a nun's barb1, from a fancied similarity between the earthwork around a cannon and this part of a nun's habit]

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