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emplacement

[ em-pleys-muhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Fortification. the space, platform, or the like, for a gun or battery and its accessories.
a putting in place or position; location:
the emplacement of a wall.
Geology.
1. the intrusion of igneous rocks into a particular position.
2. the development of an ore deposit in a particular place.

emplacement

/ ɪmˈpleɪsmənt /

1795–1805; < French, equivalent to obsolete emplac ( er ) to place ( em- em- ¹ + placer to place ) + -ment -ment

C19: from French, from obsolete emplacer to put in position, from place

The three fugitive slaves, before their escape, had been helping build a Confederate gun emplacement.

The famous Cave Canem, too, the only mosaic that remains intact, has been twice removed from its original emplacement.

Every trench, redoubt, and dug-out; every hedge and ditch was recorded, and every gun emplacement shown.

Nobody cared about left-hand Gun Hill; he was only a 47 howitzer; every glass was clamped on the big yellow emplacement.

In the meantime he has had his gun's name, "Lady Ellen," neatly carved on a stone and put up on his emplacement.

Mattia did not show himself until the soldiers began preparing an emplacement for their gun.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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