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
Example Sentences
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The letters were donated to the Fort Monroe Casemate Museum.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2019
The Virginian-Pilot reports David Stroud would move the letters into the fort’s Casemate Museum, and contextual signage can explain their history.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2019
His biography of Gen. Fox Conner was published in October by Casemate Publishers, which specializes in military history.
From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2016
Operations include Juniper Micron and Echo Casemate, missions focused on aiding French and African interventions in Mali and the Central African Republic.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2014
Different Forms of Protection: Casemate, Cupola, &c.—The broad difference between casemates or shielded batteries and turrets and cupolas is that the former are fixed while the latter revolve and in some cases disappear.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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