barbette : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: barbette	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for barbette
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbette n (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbette \Barbette"\, n. [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}.]