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Casemate   Listen
noun
Casemate  n.  
1.
(Fort.) 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.
2.
(Arch.) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.





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"Casemate" Quotes from Famous Books



... grimly forward. Frobisher soon discovered that his big body was being made a target for small-arm fire, and was shortly obliged to leave the bridge, in order to avoid being shot. He therefore took up his post in the forward starboard casemate, from which position he could observe the enemy and at the same time encourage his crew to greater efforts. This he was obliged to do by signs, for at the beginning of the battle Quen-lung had vanished, and Frobisher was unable to catch a glimpse of him anywhere. He ...
— A Chinese Command - A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas • Harry Collingwood
... jestingly. In common with many Barbados houses, the botanist's dwelling was provided with a hurricane wing, a structure of heavy masonry, with only one or two narrow slits to let in air, and with a roof like a gun casemate. ...
— Plotting in Pirate Seas • Francis Rolt-Wheeler
... out, Tom," said Fred, as he rushed into the casemate where a group of his companions were resting from the ...
— The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army - A Story of the Great Rebellion • Oliver Optic


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