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BARBETTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does barbette mean?
• BARBETTE (noun)
The noun BARBETTE has 1 sense:
1. (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
Familiarity information: BARBETTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("barbette" is a kind of...):
hill; mound (structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones)
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