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Bastion vs Barbette - What's the difference?

bastion | barbette | Synonyms |

Bastion is a synonym of barbette.


As nouns the difference between bastion and barbette

is that bastion is bastion while barbette is a mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

bastion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
  • a well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel
  • (figuratively) a person, or thing, who strongly defends some principle

    • Related terms

    * bastille * bastioned

    Anagrams

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    barbette

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
  • * 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 276:
    • Cleverly camouflaged with grey felt, which exactly matched the colour of the walls, it led upwards to a barbette , or platform, perched beside the gate.
  • (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 gun * barbette carriage * en barbette, in barbette ----