barbette

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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
(formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
The inside fixed trunk of a warships gun-mounting, on which the turret revolves. It contains the hoists for shells and cordite from the shell-room and magazine
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet
{i} platform of earth within a fort from which guns are fired; armored cylinder around a revolving gun turret on a warship

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