Definitions For Casemate

Noun

CASEMATE (plural CASEMATEs) 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. A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.

Translations

Bulgarian: каземат, m Dutch: kazemat Finnish: kasematti French: casemate, f German: Kasematte, f Italian: casamatta, f Polish: kazamata, f Russian: казема́т, m Spanish: casamata, f Swedish: kasematt, c

Etymology

From {{etyl, fr, en}} casemate, from {{etyl, it, en}} casamatta, probably from casa, , house + matto, from matta, , mad, weak, feeble, diminutive from the same source as English mate in checkmate.