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“barbette”
1. A platform or mound of earth within a fort from which guns are fired over the parapet.
2. An armored protective cylinder around a revolving gun turret on a warship.
3. Etymology: from French, a diminutive of barbe, "beard".
2. An armored protective cylinder around a revolving gun turret on a warship.
3. Etymology: from French, a diminutive of barbe, "beard".
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