Barbette

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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}.]
        [1913 Webster] Barbican

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barbette
       n : (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy
           gun can be fired over the parapet