barbette

• The four heavy guns of the Devastation type of turret-ship were retained, mounted fore and aft, but instead of placing them in turrets, the turret armour was fixed to the deck, forming what is known as a "barbette," or breastwork, over the upper edge of which the gun fired. —  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
• I am not in the War Department, and I forget whether he was to advance en barbette or by échelon of infantry. —  The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.)
• It is casemated in part, though but few of these embrasures were armed,--its chief force being in the pieces en barbette, and some nine or ten mortars. —  Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, ;C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.
• One of these, used by the Germans, had a "barbette" top, which looked like the shell of a tortoise, fitted down over the chassis. —  Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
• Then below, into a compartment between the side of the ship and the armoured barbette which protects the delicate machinery for feeding shells and powder from the magazine deep below the water to the guns H----was killed here. —  My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form

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