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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: barbette n : (formerly) a mound earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
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