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.
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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
Example Sentences
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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
The section shows an interesting detail, viz. the Chasseloup mask—a detached mask with tunnels for the casemate guns to fire through, the intention of which is to save them from being destroyed from a distance.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
Suddenly the men serving the gun in the casemate stopped their rapid yet deliberate work.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
He was put into a cell—a casemate originally intended for a cannon.
From Comrade Kropotkin by Robinson, Victor
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