En barbette

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said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures.

See also: Barbette

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No references found			It held 200 cannon arranged with one tier of guns in casements and the other en barbette. Cannon manned by rival nations: five different flags have flown over ... by Hunsaker, Trevor Jay / The Loyalist Gazette The infant colony had been provided with some rudimentary defences, initially earthworks, but moving toward more substantial stone construction, there were quite a number of `close to the water' smooth bore small calibre cannon mounted to fire through embrasures rather than en barbette and there had been an extension of the defences toward the harbour entrance. Artillery and Australia by Whitelaw, John / Sabretache			emulator Emulatory Emulatress Emule Emulge Emulgent emulous Emulously Emulousness emulsible Emulsic emulsifier emulsify Emulsin emulsion Emulsive emulsoid emunctory emuscation EMV Emyd Emydea Emydidae en en attendant En barbette en bloc en brochette en brosse En caracole en clair en dash en deshabille en face en famille en fête en garde en masse en passant en pension en plein en prise en rapport en route en route care en suite en- En-lil En` rap`port" enable Enablement			EMXT EMYA EMYB EMYC EMYCSA Emyd Emydea Emydidae Emydidae Emydidae EMYF EMYJO EMYP EMYR Emys EMZ EMZ Workgroup Messaging EMZDO EMZL EMZWM en en en en En Anderen en attendant en attendant En attendant Godot En Baja En banc En barbette En bee ay En bee cee En bee cee En bee cee en bloc en bloc en bloc en bloc resection en bloc resection en bloc resection en brochette en brosse En cabochon En cabochon En caracole En cee double ay En Chu Kong Hospital en clair en dash en dashes en delit en délit En demeure En Dergelijke en deshabille en echelon en echelon fault blocks en face en face en famille

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