CASEMATE
Casemate
A casemate, sometimes rendered casement, is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which guns are fired. Originally, the term referred to a vaulted chamber in a fortress. In the context of armoured fighting vehicles, this usually refers to those with a main gun that lack a turret.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Casemate
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casemate
Noun
- A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
- A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.
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