in barbette

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in barbette - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Barbette \Bar*bette"\, n. [F. Cf. Barbet.] (Fort.)
     A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which
     guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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. [See Illust. of
        Casemate.]
        [1913 Webster] Barbican