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Barbette
UK
/bɑːˈbɛt/
US
/bɑrˈbɛt/
Translation of "barbette" into Russian
barbette
Noun
UK
/bɑːˈbɛt/
US
/bɑrˈbɛt/
barbette
barbettes pl
барбетта
The gun was mounted on a barbette for better elevation.
Орудие было установлено на барбетте для лучшего угла возвышения.
Definitions
barbette
Noun
UK
/bɑːˈbɛt/
US
/bɑrˈbɛt/
An armored cylinder or circular structure on a warship that protects the mechanism of a gun and allows it to be fired and rotated.
The battleship's main guns were mounted in a heavily protected barbette.
A raised platform or mound inside a fortification from which guns are fired over a parapet rather than through embrasures.
The old coastal battery still had a stone barbette positioned to command the harbor entrance.
barbette
Adjective
UK
/bɑːˈbɛt/
US
/bɑrˈbɛt/
Relating to or mounted in a barbette.
The cruiser carried four barbette guns along its deck.
Barbette
Proper noun
A feminine given name.
Barbette became famous for her daring trapeze act.