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Breastwork vs Barbette - What's the difference?

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Breastwork is a related term of barbette.


In nautical|lang=en terms the difference between breastwork and barbette

is that breastwork is (nautical) a railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle while barbette is (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.

As nouns the difference between breastwork and barbette

is that breastwork is a fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet while barbette is a mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

breastwork

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet
  • * 1983 , Richard J. Hargrove, General John Burgoyne (page 26)
  • A cannonproof breastwork , built during the previous war, extended along the beach from the hills to the rocks.
  • (nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
  • a parapet
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Episode 2
  • A swarthy boy opened a book and propped it nimbly under the breastwork of his satchel. He recited jerks of verse with odd glances at the text:
  • (label) breast augmentation
  • 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 ----