CASEMATE


Meaning of CASEMATE in English

n. 1 a chamber in the thickness of the wall of a fortress, with embrasures. 2 an armoured enclosure for guns on a warship.

[ F casemate & It. casamatta or Sp. -mata, f. camata, perh. f. Gk khasma -atos gap ]

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