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Webster 1913 Edition
Casemate
Case′mate
,Noun.
[F.
casemate
, fr. It. casamatta
, prob. from casa
house + matto
, f. matta
, mad, weak, feeble, dim. from the same source as E. -mate
in checkmate
.] 1.
(Fort.)
A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
2.
(Arch.)
A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.
Webster 1828 Edition
Casemate
CASEMATE
,Noun.
1.
In fortification, a vault of masons work in the flank of a bastion, next to the curtain, somewhat inclined toward the capital of the bastion, serving as a battery to defend the face of the opposite bastion, and the moat or ditch.2.
A well, with its subterraneous branches, dug in the passage of the bastion, till the miner is heard at work, and air given to the mine.