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barbette

n. கோட்டையில் அல்லது கோட்டையின் வௌதப்பாதுகாப்பரண், கொங்குபால அஜ்ண்.


Bar*bette", n. Etym: [F. Cf. Barbet.] (Fort.) Defn: 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.]


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