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barbette

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8 lettersPronunciation /bɑːˈbɛt/Part of speech nounSorted abbeerttStarts with BEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet

Word origin

Borrowed from French barbette.

Used in a sentence

  • Cleverly camouflaged with grey felt, which exactly matched the colour of the walls, it led upwards to a barbette, or platform, perched beside the gate.
  • The belted cruiser Pamiat Azova or Remembrance of Azoff, is 377 feet long. She is an improved Dmitri Dontskoi, and carries her two 8-inch guns in sponsoned barbettes on either broadside

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