casemate
Americannoun
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an armored enclosure for guns in a warship.
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a vault or chamber, especially in a rampart, with embrasures for artillery.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of casemate
1565–75; < Middle French < Old Italian casamatta, alteration (by folk etymology) of Greek chásmata embrasures, literally, openings, plural of chásma chasm
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The three large sections of the Georgia's armored casemate, however, proved too heavy to raise without cutting them down into smaller pieces.
From US News ● Aug. 16, 2015
In the middle was a trapezoid- shaped casemate with slats on each side for cannons.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
For instance, for a square fort of about 400 yds. side, he proposed over 1000 casemate guns; and one of his caponier sections shows 10 tiers of masonry gun-casemates one above the other.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
A few days later, at the Château d'Ornequin, Second Lieutenant Bernard d'Andeville, accompanied by twelve men, entered the casemate, well-warmed and well-ventilated, which served as a prison for Prince Conrad.
From The Woman of Mystery by Maurice Leblanc
That old veteran would n't let me off a casemate nor a bomb-proof, and I have walked twenty miles this blessed morning!
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
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