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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -barbette-, *barbette*
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CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
barbette

WordNet (3.0)
barbette(n) (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Barbette

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 ]

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