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BARBETTE CARRIAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does barbette carriage mean?
• BARBETTE CARRIAGE (noun)
The noun BARBETTE CARRIAGE has 1 sense:
1. a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapet
Familiarity information: BARBETTE CARRIAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("barbette carriage" is a kind of...):
gun carriage (a framework on which a gun is mounted for firing)
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