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Definition of Barbette

Barbette
Barbette Bar*bette", 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.]

Meaning of Barbette from wikipedia

- Barbettes are several types of gun emplacement in terrestrial fortifications or on naval ships. In recent[when?] naval usage, a barbette is a protective...
- Look up barbette in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Barbettes are several types of gun emplacement. Barbette may also refer to: HMAS Barbette (P 97),...
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- Barbette Mountain is 3,072-metre (10,079-foot) summit located on the shared border of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Barbette Mountain is situated...
- Paul Barbette (5 February 1620 in Strasbourgburied 10 March 1665 in Amsterdam) was a celebrated Dutch physician. After finishing his medicine studies...
- HMAS Barbette (P 97) was an Attack-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian...
- on low-angle barbette mountings. From 1919, 19 long-range two-gun batteries were built using the M1895 on an M1917 long-range barbette carriage. Almost...
- mounted on the barbette, the fort's highest level, where they had wide angles of fire and could fire down on approaching ships. The barbette was also more...