| 单词 | barbette |
| 释义 | barbette[ bahr-bet ] / bɑrˈbɛt / noun(within a fortification) a platform or mound of earth from which guns may be fired over the parapet instead of through embrasures. Navy. an armored cylinder for protecting the lower part of a turret on a warship. Origin of barbette1765–75; <French, equivalent to barbebeard + -ette-ette, probably from the general metaphorical use of barbe for something which protrudes or faces outward Words nearby barbettebarber's pole, barber-surgeon, Barberton, Barberton daisy, barbet, barbette, barbican, barbicel, Barbie, Barbie doll, bar billiards Definition for barbette (2 of 2)Barbette [ bahr-bet ] / bɑrˈbɛt / nouna female given name, form of Barbara. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for barbetteBritish Dictionary definitions for barbettebarbette / (bɑːˈbɛt) / noun(formerly) an earthen platform inside a parapet, from which heavy guns could fire over the top an armoured cylinder below a turret on a warship that protects the revolving structure and foundation of the turret Word Origin for barbetteC18: from French, diminutive of barbe a nun's barb 1, from a fancied similarity between the earthwork around a cannon and this part of a nun's habit Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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