bar·bette (bär-b t )n. 1. A platform or mound of earth within a fort from which guns are fired over the parapet. 2. An armored protective cylinder around a revolving gun turret on a warship. [French, diminutive of barbe, beard; see barb1.] |
barbette [bɑːˈbɛt]
n
1. (Military / Fortifications) (formerly) an earthen platform inside a parapet, from which heavy guns could fire over the top
2. (Military) an armoured cylinder below a turret on a warship that protects the revolving structure and foundation of the turret
[from French, diminutive of barbe a nun's barb1, from a fancied similarity between the earthwork around a cannon and this part of a nun's habit]
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