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barbette definition

bar·bette (bär bet′)

noun

  1. a platform for guns in a fort, high enough to permit firing over the walls
  2. the armored structure around a gun platform on a warship

Etymology: Fr, after St. Barbara, patron saint of artillerymen + -ette, -et

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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