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Barbette
Bar-bette′
,Noun.
[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
.]Definition 2024
barbette
barbette
English
Gun Diagram (barbette #8)
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
- barbette gun
- barbette carriage
- en barbette, in barbette