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Barbette
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(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, viz. over the top of the parapet; also in warships a raised platform, protected by armour on the sides, upon which guns are mounted en barbette.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Barbette'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/barbette.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Barbette'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/barbette.html. 1910.
