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Definition of Barbettes

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 Barbettes 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),...
- which also improved seakeeping. Ironclads equipped with barbettes were referred to as "barbette ships" much like their contemporaries, turret ships and...
- 1973), stage name Barbette, was an American female impersonator, high-wire performer, and trapeze artist born in Texas. Barbette attained great po****rity...
- Three vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Barbette for the barbette HMS Barbette was the French privateer Vaillant, launched in 1801 that the...
- Barbette Stanley Spaeth is an American academic who is an ****ociate professor at College of William and Mary, and is an expert in Roman mythology. She...
- Paul Barbette (5 February 1620 in Strasbourg – buried 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...
- most of the barbettes had been abandoned and a fishery industry was quickly established in their place. Now only six of the barbettes remain, and they...
- Battery Sedgwick Pratt 2 12-inch (305 mm) M1895 barbettes Battery Alexander Mackenzie 2 12-inch (305 mm) barbettes During WW1 supplemental s**** batteries were...