English-Thai Dictionary
barbette
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BARBETTE
Bar *bette ", n. Etym: [F. Cf. Barbet. ] (Fort. )
Defn: A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. En barbette, In barbette, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. -- Barbette gun, or Barbette battery, a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret. -- Barbette carriage, a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of Casemate. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
barbette
bar bette |bärˈbet bɑrˈbɛt | ▶noun a fixed armored housing at the base of a gun turret on a warship or armored vehicle. • historical a platform on which a gun is placed to fire over a parapet. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of barbe ‘beard ’ (see barb 1 ).
Oxford Dictionary
barbette
barbette |bɑːˈbɛt | ▶noun a fixed armoured housing at the base of a gun turret on a warship or armoured vehicle. • historical a platform on which a gun was placed to fire over a parapet. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of barbe ‘beard ’ (see barb 1 ).
Duden Dictionary
Barbette
Bar bet te Substantiv, feminin , die |Barb e tte |die Barbette; Genitiv: der Barbette, Plural: die Barbetten französisch ; nach der Schutzpatronin der Artilleristen, der heiligen Barbara 1 Geschichte Geschützbank, Brustwehr von Schiffsgeschützen 2 ringförmiger Panzer um die Geschütztürme auf Kriegsschiffen
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