barbette
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barbette
- /bɑːˈbɛt/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French barbette.
noun barbettes
- A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. Cleverly camouflaged with grey felt, which exactly matched the colour of the walls, it led upwards to a barbette, or platform, perched beside the gate.
- The inside fixed trunk of a warship's gun-mounting, on which the turret revolves. It contains the hoists for shells and cordite from the shell-room and magazine. The belted cruiser Pamiat Azova or Remembrance of Azoff, is 377 feet long. She is an improved Dmitri Dontskoi, and carries her two 8-inch guns in sponsoned barbettes on either broadside
Talk about this word "barbette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/barbette. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. barbette. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/barbette "barbette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/barbette.Cite this
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