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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

Example Sentences

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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

He moved his piece from its first position en barbette on the right of the fort, to an embrasure that more effectually commanded the rebel advance.

From Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery. by Ezra Knight Parker

It was surrounded by low walls, on which were mounted some small guns en barbette.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes

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

The batteries of the bastions which were in barbette had not yet been finished.

From The Niagara River by Archer Butler Hulbert

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

“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

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

Parisian-influenced restaurant Barbette is closed in West Hollywood after a year in business.

From Los Angeles Times

Forman's Regt. for Smith's Barbette to be continued till it is completed.

From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Henry P. Johnston