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  barbette

  noun

  (within a fortification) a platform or mound of earth from which guns may be fired over the parapet instead of through embrasures.
• Barbette
  Barbette

  noun

  a first name, form of Barbara.

barbette

¹ American  

[bahr-bet] / bɑrˈbɛt /

noun

1. (within a fortification) a platform or mound of earth from which guns may be fired over the parapet instead of through embrasures.

2. Navy. an armored cylinder for protecting the lower part of a turret on a warship.

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Barbette ² American  

[bahr-bet] / bɑrˈbɛt /

noun

1. a first name, form of Barbara.

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barbette British  

/ bɑːˈbɛt /

noun

1. (formerly) an earthen platform inside a parapet, from which heavy guns could fire over the top

2. an armoured cylinder below a turret on a warship that protects the revolving structure and foundation of the turret

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Etymology

Origin of barbette

1765–75; < French, equivalent to barbe beard + -ette -ette, probably from the general metaphorical use of barbe for something which protrudes or faces outward

Example Sentences

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barbette Barbette

Last came the ample habit-coat of heavy cloth, topped by a linen rochet and a stiffly starched barbette of cambric .

From Time Magazine Archive

She carries an obsolete "barbette" conning-tower—a six-foot affair with railed platform forward—and our warning beam plays on the top of it as a policeman's lantern flashes on the area sneak.

From With The Night Mail A Story of 2000 A.D. (Together with extracts from the comtemporary magazine in which it appeared) by Frank X. Leyendecker

Each of the three monitors at Barrow displaced 1,200 tons, and carried two 6-inch guns mounted forward in an armoured barbette, two 4.7-inch howitzers aft, and four 3-pounder guns amidships.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by James Edward Parrott

In the salient of one of the lunettes is a small brass four-pounder, mounted in barbette upon a wooden platform.

From Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 by William P. Seville

Each of these ships had a barbette armed with a 10-inch gun fore and aft.

From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by John Richard Hale

Hunt died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles from complications of Parkinson’s disease, said his wife, Barbette Hunt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2020

“I don’t think he missed one summer,” said Barbette, who worked at the festival as an apprentice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2020

There was also the matter of raising a family, and Barbette said L.A. felt like the natural place to do that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2020

Barbette Tweed's Cordelia is appropriately sweet and good; Patricia Elliott as Regan and Marilyn Lightstone as Goneril are properly serpentine.

From Time Magazine Archive

"What!" laughed Brett; "not after your dramatic appearance in the Rue Barbette this morning?"

From The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective by Louis Tracy