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/bɑːˈbɛt/ · noun
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet..
Cleverly camouflaged with grey felt, which exactly matched the colour of the walls, it led upwards to a barbette, or platform, perched beside the gate.
The belted cruiser Pamiat Azova or Remembrance of Azoff, is 377 feet long. She is an improved Dmitri Dontskoi, and carries her two 8-inch guns in sponsoned barbettes on either broadside
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Barbette means A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet..
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Cleverly camouflaged with grey felt, which exactly matched the colour of the walls, it led upwards to a barbette, or platform, perched beside the gate.
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