Barbette

His cast consisted mostly of artist friends such as Lee Miller, the famed photographer from Poughkeepsie with the head-turning looks, and "scandalous" cross-dresser Barbette, whose stardom back in the Twenties in Gai Paris was not unlike Lady Gaga's today.

Charles Fabius: Jean Cocteau Goes Multimedia at the Guggenheim Charles Fabius 2010

Louis of Orleans trusted John of Burgundy — he was murdered in the Rue Barbette.

Quentin Durward 2008

In Louisiana, a man by the name of Barbette Williams kidnapped and tried to murder a 6-year-old boy.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Zealous Defense: 2004

* Barbette carriage* -- as used here, a traverse carriage on which a gun is mounted to fire over a parapet.

Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Albert Manucy

A fatigue tomorrow of 100 men for Smith's Barbette.

The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston

Col. Forman's Regt. for Smith's Barbette to be continued till it is completed.

The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston

Craven, in his eagerness to engage the ram, had Barbette guns mounted on a wall, with no roof over them. passed to the west of the fatal buoy.

The Romance of the Civil War 1903

Edith -- there came to the Turks a memory, each instant becoming more definite, of an exciting scene in the Rue Barbette, and the opportune arrival of a stalwart young Englishman, backed up by a couple of gendarmes.

The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective Louis Tracy 1895

At last all was ready, and the captive of the Rue Barbette was introduced.

The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective Louis Tracy 1895

Then followed a most exciting and perplexing chase through many streets, and it was only by the exercise of the utmost discretion that Brett finally located his man at a definite number in the Rue Barbette, a tiny thoroughfare in the Temple district.

The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective Louis Tracy 1895