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Webster 1913 Edition
Barbette
Bar-bette′
,Noun.
[F. Cf.
Barbet
.] (Fort.)
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
.]