casemate

[ keys-meyt ]

noun
  1. an armored enclosure for guns in a warship.

  2. a vault or chamber, especially in a rampart, with embrasures for artillery.

Origin of casemate

1
1565–75; <Middle French <Old Italian casamatta, alteration (by folk etymology) of Greek chásmata embrasures, literally, openings, plural of chásmachasm

Other words from casemate

  • casemated, adjective
  • un·case·mat·ed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for casemate

casemate

/ (ˈkeɪsˌmeɪt) /


noun
  1. an armoured compartment in a ship or fortification in which guns are mounted

Origin of casemate

1
C16: from French, from Italian casamatta, perhaps from Greek khasmata apertures, plural of khasma chasm

Derived forms of casemate

  • casemated, adjective

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