casemated


case·mate

C0139100 (kās′māt′)n.1. A fortified enclosure for artillery on a warship.2. An armored compartment for artillery on a rampart.
[French, from Italian casamatta : perhaps casa, house (from Latin casa) + matto, mad, crazy (from Latin mattus, drunk, past participle of madēre, to be drunk).]
case′mat′ed adj.