🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

casemate noun

  /ˈkeɪsmeɪt/
  • (military) 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.
 casemate

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

casemate noun {f}

  /kaz.mat/
  • (Fortification) Redoute fortifiée, à l’épreuve du canon
 casemate, blockhouse, bunker, casement
  • (Fortification) Réduit d'un fort, généralement souterrain, à l'épreuve des bombes et des obus
 casemate, bunker, casement
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