(ˈ)bär|bet noun
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Etymology: French, diminutive of barbe nun's barb — more at barb
1. : a nun's barb ; often : one consisting only of a band passing under the chin and pinned on top of the head
2.
[so called from the resemblance of the earthwork encircling the cannon to a nun's barb]
: a mound of earth or an often specially protected platform on which guns are mounted to fire over a parapet
3. : a cylinder of armor on a warship that gives protection to the rotating part of the turret below the gunhouse
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