barbette
/bär-ˈbet/ (ame, mw)
barbette — noun
1. a raised area of earth or a specially built platform inside a fort or defensive
a raised area of earth or a specially built platform inside a fort or defensive wall, designed so that heavy guns can shoot over the top of the protective wall rather than through an opening in it
During the siege, soldiers loaded cannon balls onto the barbette and fired over the fortress wall.
The old stone barbette still stands on the hill, where gunners once aimed at approaching armies.
Folami's guide showed the class the raised barbette where heavy artillery had been placed.
From the barbette, the defenders could fire directly at anyone crossing the open field below.
A barbette could be built quickly using soil and wooden supports during a long military campaign.
- gun platform
a more general term that describes any flat surface supporting artillery, not necessarily raised above a parapet
- battery
refers to a group or position of guns, not specifically a raised earth mound
用法筆記
This sense is primarily found in descriptions of 18th- and 19th-century fortifications. Unlike a casemate, which shields the gun entirely except for a firing slit, a barbette leaves the gun exposed above the parapet.
常見錯誤
2. a thick steel structure on a warship that surrounds the base of a large gun turr
a thick steel structure on a warship that surrounds the base of a large gun turret, protecting the gun crew and the rotating mechanism from enemy shells and explosions
The warship's barbette was made of steel plates that were twelve inches thick.
the warship's barbette
Haruto studied diagrams of the barbette system that supported the main gun turret.
Damage to the barbette could cause the entire gun turret to jam during battle.
Engineers reinforced the barbette after enemy shells struck the cruiser near the turret base.
A direct hit on the barbette would send fragments flying into the magazine below the turret.
- gun ring
an informal term for the circular armored support, less common in official naval writing
用法筆記
In naval architecture the barbette is distinct from the turret itself: the barbette is the fixed armored cylinder below the rotating gun house. In late 19th-century warships the barbette was sometimes visible above deck; in later designs it was plated over.