Barbette
Barbette ({not transcribed}) , noun
[F. Compare Barbet.]
(Fortification) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
Collocations (3)
En barbette or 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.]