barbette : Idioms & Phrases
Barbette carriage
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noun a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapet
WordNet
- a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of
Casemate .]
Webster 1913
Barbette gun , or Barbette battery
- a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret.
Webster 1913
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.