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Definition of Casemates

Casemate
Casemate Case"mate, n. [F. casemate, fr. It. casamatta, prob. from casa house + matto, f. matta, mad, weak, feeble, dim. from the same source as E. -mate in checkmate.] 1. (Fort.) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops. 2. (Arch.) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.

Meaning of Casemates from wikipedia

- pre-dreadnought generation of warships, casemates were placed initially on the main deck, and later on the upper deck as well. Casemates on the main deck were very...
- Grand Casemates may refer to: Grand Casemates, a former casemate and barracks in Gibraltar Grand Casemates Gates, a gate in the northern defensive wall...
- Grand Casemates Square (colloquially Casemates Square or Casemates) is the larger of the two main squares within the city centre of Gibraltar (the other...
- The casemate ironclad was a type of iron or iron-armored gunboat briefly used in the American Civil War by both the Confederate States Navy and the Union...
- Casemate Publishers is a publishing company based in the Philadelphia suburbs that specializes in producing printed military history books. They have published...
- Engineering a Nation; Proceedings". Informit: 63–70. 21 April 2021. "Beehive Casemates, Sydney Harbour National Park". Arup. Archived from the original on 22...
- Grand Casemates is a building in Grand Casemates Square, Gibraltar, that was originally a fortified barracks and casemate. It is beside Grand Casemates Gates...
- and the vast underground system of p****ages and galleries known as the casemates continue to be a major tourist attraction. It was in 963 that Count Siegfried...
- The Casemates of Ibrahim Pasha (Turkish: İbrahim Paşa Tabyaları), are a number of casemates built by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt in 1833 to the north of Gülek...
- the US 14th Armored Division, retreated south to the casemate line and dug in among the casemates. Fighting around Hatten began on 8 January and continued...