casemate
Americannoun
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an armored enclosure for guns in a warship.
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a vault or chamber, especially in a rampart, with embrasures for artillery.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of casemate
1565–75; < Middle French < Old Italian casamatta, alteration (by folk etymology) of Greek chásmata embrasures, literally, openings, plural of chásma chasm
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The three large sections of the Georgia's armored casemate, however, proved too heavy to raise without cutting them down into smaller pieces.
From US News ● Aug. 16, 2015
In the middle was a trapezoid- shaped casemate with slats on each side for cannons.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
It was not on account of the danger, for the men remained calmly within the casemate, trusting to the fire-party to extinguish the flames that were perilously close to the magazine.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
That old veteran would n't let me off a casemate nor a bomb-proof, and I have walked twenty miles this blessed morning!
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
Cascabel instantly ordered full head of steam to be put on, and the ship, gathering headway, dashed down upon the Tennessee, striking her at right angles, near the after part of the casemate.
From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Oliver Optic
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