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- Barbette - n. - A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
- Chassis - n. - A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.]