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• barbette
  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

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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

A shell from the Russian flagship had struck under her stern barbette, but, failing to penetrate the armour, glanced off into the sea.

From The Great War in England in 1897 by William Le Queux

Nicholls directed the barbette guns with a cool courage worthy of the service in which he had been trained, until he was killed by a bursting shell.

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

It was a casemated brick structure, pentagonal in form, carrying in barbette over the casemates twenty-seven cannon of and above the size of thirty-two pounders, besides eleven twenty-four pounders.

From Admiral Farragut by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

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

“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

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

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

"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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