barbette
noun
(within a fortification) a platform or mound of earth from which guns may be fired over the parapet instead of through embrasures.
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barbette
1 American
[bahr-bet]
/ bɑrˈbɛt /
noun
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(within a fortification) a platform or mound of earth from which guns may be fired over the parapet instead of through embrasures.
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Navy. an armored cylinder for protecting the lower part of a turret on a warship.
Barbette
2
American
[bahr-bet]
/ bɑrˈbɛt /
noun
barbette
British
/ bɑːˈbɛt /
noun
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(formerly) an earthen platform inside a parapet, from which heavy guns could fire over the top
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an armoured cylinder below a turret on a warship that protects the revolving structure and foundation of the turret
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
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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
No barbette or merely embrasured battery of that day could stand up against the twenty or more heavy guns carried on each broadside by the steam-frigates, if these could get near enough.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Inside this tube, which revolves with the gun platform, are "lifts," which hoist the shells up to the barbette.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by James Edward Parrott
The chief application of armour in modern land defences is in the form of shields for the protection of guns mounted en barbette.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
It appears that the big 13 and 12-inch barbette and turret guns only made two hits in the whole day.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by John Richard Hale
Hunt is survived by Barbette and their children Max Hunt, Daisy Hunt and Amy Hunt, as well as his brother George Hunt.
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
“He got involved with a whole bunch of really awesome people out here who were doing exciting TV work,” remembered Barbette, his wife of 28 years.
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
"Does it happen to be No. 11, Rue Barbette?"
From The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective by Louis Tracy
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