casemated

English

Etymology

casemate +‎ -ed

Adjective

casemated (not comparable)

1. Furnished with, protected by, or built like a casemate.
   • 1844, E. S. Norman Campbell, A Dictionary of the Military Science:

     Casemated batteries are sometimes used in the seafaces of works, and in defending the entrance of harbours, in which case they consist of a bomb-proof

Derived terms

• uncasemated

 

References

• “casemated”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.