Definitions for: Barbette

[n] (formerly) a mound earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]

See Also: hill, mound

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