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
Example Sentences
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The letters were donated to the Fort Monroe Casemate Museum.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2019
The Virginian-Pilot reports David Stroud would move the letters into the fort’s Casemate Museum, and contextual signage can explain their history.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2019
His biography of Gen. Fox Conner was published in October by Casemate Publishers, which specializes in military history.
From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2016
Operations include Juniper Micron and Echo Casemate, missions focused on aiding French and African interventions in Mali and the Central African Republic.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2014
The Wilders' party, after leaving the Waterport, passed through the Casemate Barrack Square and entered Waterport Street, the chief thoroughfare of the town.
From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Griffiths, Arthur
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