barbette

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French barbette. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɑːˈbɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === barbette (plural barbettes) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. (nautical) The inside fixed trunk of a warship's gun-mounting, on which the turret revolves. It contains the hoists for shells and cordite from the shell-room and magazine. ==== Derived terms ==== barbette carriage barbette gun en barbette, in barbette ==== Descendants ==== → Irish: bairbéad == French == === Etymology === From barbe +‎ -ette. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baʁ.bɛt/ === Noun === barbette f (plural barbettes) (obsolete) small beard (archaic) cowl (fortifications) barbette ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: barbeta → English: barbette→ Irish: bairbéad → Portuguese: barbeta, barbete → Spanish: barbeta === Further reading === “barbette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Noun === barbette f plural of barbetta