BARBETTE (Fr. diminutive of barbe, a beard)

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BARBETTE (Fr. diminutive of barbe, a beard) , a platform inside a fortification raised sufficiently high for artillery placed thereon to be able to fire en

barbette

BARBETTE (Fr. diminutive of barbe, a
beard
- BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger.
  Bart
  - BART, JEAN (1651-1702)
  , Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge,
  beak
  - BEAK (early forms
    beke
    - BEKE, CHARLES TILSTONE (1800-1874)
    and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the
    English
    - ENGLISH
    )
  of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New
  English
  - ENGLISH
  Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
- BEARD,
  WILLIAM
  HOLBROOK (1825-1900)
)

, viz. over the top of the

parapet

PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from para, imperative of Ital. porare, to cover, defend, and petto, breast, Lat. pectus; the
German
- GERMAN
- GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN
word is Brustwehr)

; also in warships a raised platform, protected by

armour

ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

on the sides, upon which guns are mounted en

barbette

BARBETTE (Fr. diminutive of barbe, a
beard
- BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger.
  Bart
  - BART, JEAN (1651-1702)
  , Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge,
  beak
  - BEAK (early forms
    beke
    - BEKE, CHARLES TILSTONE (1800-1874)
    and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the English)
  of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
- BEARD,
  WILLIAM
  HOLBROOK (1825-1900)
)

.

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