casemate noun. ['keɪsmeɪt] Also (earlier) casamat. M16.
[(French from) Italian casamatta, earlier camata, perh. from Greek khasma, pl. -mata, CHASM.]
A chamber in the thickness of a wall of a fortress, provided with embrasures for defence. Also, an armoured enclosure protecting guns in a warship.

■ casemated adjective provided with casemates M18.

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