bar|bette

bar|bette
bar|bette «bahr BEHT», noun.
1. a platform or mound in a fort from which a gun mounted upon it can fire over the wall, rather than through an opening.
2. a fixed turret on a warship, which partially protects a gun or battery of guns.
[< French barbette < Middle French (diminutive) < barbe beard < Latin barba]

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