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Casemate

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Ital. casa, a house, and matta, dull or dim), an armoured vault or chamber, or in field fortification, a bombproof shelter; in architecture, a hollow moulding, chiefly employed in cornices.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Casemate'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/casemate.html. 1910.
 
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