CASEMATE


Meaning of CASEMATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkās-ˌmāt ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian casamatta

Date: 1575

: a fortified position or chamber or an armored enclosure on a warship from which guns are fired through embrasures

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