barbette

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: bar=bette

CIDE DICTIONARY

barbette, n. [F. Cf. Barbet.].

 A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.  [1913 Webster]

En barbette, In barbette, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. -- Barbette gun, or Barbette battery, a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret. -- Barbette carriage, a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of Casemate.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

barbette, n. a platform in a fort or ship from which guns can be fired over a parapet etc. without an embrasure.

Etymology

F, dimin. of barbe beard