Barbette
Bar·bette
Barbette
n.
- A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. (Fort.)
Phrases & Compounds
- En barbette
- said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures.
- Barbette gun
- 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.]