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 bar·bette /bɑrˈbɛt/
 炮座,露炮塔,炮塔

 Bar·bette n.  Fort. A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
 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.]
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 barbette
      n : (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy
          gun can be fired over the parapet