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noun Barbette n. (Fort.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. 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.
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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Type un???get* to find words that
start with 'un', followed by any three
letters, then by 'get', with any ending:
unforgettable
unforgetful
underget
? represents a single letter
* represents any number of letters
(including zero letters) For example, the following
words are linked to dog:
canine, domestic animal,
pursue, puppy, genus Canis,
barker, dalmatian, poodle
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