barbette

(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

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

See barbette in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , diminutive of barbe, beard; see barb1

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