barbette
/bär-ˈbet/ (ame, mw)
barbette — 名詞
1. a raised area of earth or a specially built platform inside a fort or defensive
露砲臺
土石或木製的砲位平台
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.
圍城期間，士兵們將砲彈裝上露砲臺，越過堡壘城牆開火。
The old stone barbette still stands on the hill, where gunners once aimed at approaching armies.
山坡上的古老石砌露砲臺依然矗立，當年砲手們曾在此瞄準逼近的軍隊。
Folami's guide showed the class the raised barbette where heavy artillery had been placed.
Folami 的導遊向全班示範了那座墊高的露砲臺，當年重型火砲就架設在此處。
From the barbette, the defenders could fire directly at anyone crossing the open field below.
防守方可以從露砲臺直接朝下方開闊地上的任何敵人開火。
A barbette could be built quickly using soil and wooden supports during a long military campaign.
在長期的軍事行動中，利用泥土和木支架就能很快搭起一座露砲臺。
- 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
砲塔座
戰艦上保護砲塔的裝甲結構
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.
這艘戰艦的砲塔座由厚達十二英吋的鋼板製成。
the warship's barbette
Haruto studied diagrams of the barbette system that supported the main gun turret.
Haruto 仔細研究了支撐主砲塔的砲塔座系統圖。
Damage to the barbette could cause the entire gun turret to jam during battle.
砲塔座受損可能會導致整座砲塔在戰鬥中卡死。
Engineers reinforced the barbette after enemy shells struck the cruiser near the turret base.
那艘老舊巡洋艦的砲塔座附近被敵方砲彈擊中後，工程師進行了補強。
A direct hit on the barbette would send fragments flying into the magazine below the turret.
砲塔座遭到直接命中時，碎片會飛入砲塔下方的彈藥庫。
- 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.