\Bar*bette"\, n. [F. Cf. {Barbet}.] (Fort.)
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which
guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
{En barbette}, {In barbette}, said of guns when they are
   elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not
   through embrasures.
{Barbette gun}, or {Barbette battery}, a single gun, or a
   number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially
   protected by a parapet or turret.
{Barbette carriage}, a gun carriage which elevates guns
   sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of
   {Casemate}.]