Associations to the word «Barbette»
Noun
- Fortification
- Heavy
- Shaft
- Shell
- Bow
- Beam
- Tube
- Side
- Cruiser
- Quick
- Roof
- Machinery
- Ft
- Fort
- Plate
- Mortar
- Rue
- Specification
- Front
- Shield
- Pair
- Angle
- Dimension
- Hatch
- Cm
- Tier
- Protection
- Illusion
- Load
- Knot
- Fire
- Arrangement
- Arc
- Weight
- Defence
- Installation
- Diameter
- Burst
- Six
- Stanley
- Portion
- Sister
- Face
- Barrel
- Navy
- Length
- Scheme
- Harbor
- Aircraft
- Lion
- Design
- Platform
- Stem
- Standard
- Weapon
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
BARBETTE, noun. A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
BARBETTE, noun. (nautical) The inside fixed trunk of a warship's gun-mounting, on which the turret revolves. It contains the hoists for shells and cordite from the shell-room and magazine.
Dictionary definition
BARBETTE, noun. (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.