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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

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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

Even in the older days discussion had arisen freely on the relative merits of barbette and casemate mounting.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

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

Meanwhile the officer in command of the barbette calls out, "Stand by for No. 2 gun."

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

Most of the early vessels fitted with cannon were of the galley type, the guns being mounted on the upper deck, and fired over the bulwarks, en barbette.

From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by George C. V. Holmes

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

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 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

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

There were not many passengers in the express, and among the first to alight were Gros Jean and the three Turks—Hussein-ul-Mulk and the two others he had seen in the Rue Barbette.

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

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