noun. A fortified enclosure for artillery on a warship.

noun. An armored compartment for artillery on a rampart.

noun. In fortification: A vault of stone or brickwork, usually built in the thickness of the rampart of a fortress, and pierced in front with embrasures, through which artillery may be fired.

noun. A shell-proof vault of stone or brick designed to protect troops, ammunition, etc.

noun. An embrasure.

noun. The armored bulkhead surrounding guns in iron-clad ships of war, and pierced with portholes through which the guns are run out.

noun. An erroneous form of casement, .

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.

noun. A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.

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.

noun. A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.

"The colonel, signing to his guests to follow, led the way to the apartment occupied jointly by himself and the major, which, although only a kind of casemate hollowed in the rock, nevertheless wore a general air of comfort."

barrack casemate  defensible casemate  

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