emplacement

[em-pleys-muhnt]

noun

1. Fortification.,  the space, platform, or the like, for a gun or battery and its accessories.

2. a putting in place or position; location.

   the emplacement of a wall.

3. Geology.

   1. the intrusion of igneous rocks into a particular position.

   2. the development of an ore deposit in a particular place.

emplacement

/ ɪmˈpleɪsmənt /

noun

1. a prepared position for the siting of a gun or other weapon

2. the act of putting or state of being put in place

Word History and Origins

Origin of emplacement¹

1795–1805; < French, equivalent to obsolete emplac ( er ) to place ( em- em- ¹ + placer to place ) + -ment -ment

Word History and Origins

Origin of emplacement¹

C19: from French, from obsolete emplacer to put in position, from _place

Example Sentences

Mr Tullier said he and his wife had been told about the site being used as a German gun emplacement, but they had a suspicion there was something else there.

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All the Houthis did was dig their weapons emplacements deeper into hills and mountainsides and wait for pauses in U.S. bombardment.

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Such military activities include “border-barrier construction and emplacement of detection and monitoring equipment,” the memo states.

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A fishing village falls under the literal shadow of a Shinra military base and massive gun emplacement, its fish long gone, its fishermen struggling to make a living.

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Excavations also uncovered large lights from another nearby runway, and a Spigot Mortar-type gun emplacement used to defend it from attack.

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