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casemate |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Casemate \Case"mate\, n. [F. casemate, fr It casamatta prob. from casa house + matto, f. matta, mad, weak, feeble, dim. from the same source as E. -mate in checkmate.] 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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