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Fortress vs Barbette - What's the difference?

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Fortress is a related term of barbette.


As nouns the difference between fortress and barbette

is that fortress is a fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security while barbette is a mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

As a verb fortress

is to furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.

fortress

English

Noun

(wikipedia fortress) (es)
  • A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
  • (chess) A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.

    • See also

    * fortalice, fortilice

    Verb

  • To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.

    • 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 ----