See Also: barbette(dictionary)

sabbatize (iou) and barbette (iou)


sabbatize (iou)



sabbatize verb. Also sabbatise. LME.
[Late Latin sabbatizare from Greek sabbatizein, from sabbaton SABBATH: see -IZE.]
verb intrans.
a. Enjoy or undergo a period of rest. LME.
b. Observe the Sabbath. E17.
verb trans. Observe (a specified day) as the Sabbath. E17.
sabbati'zation noun the action of sabbatizing M17.

barbette (iou)



barbette noun. L18.
[French, formed as BARBET: see -ETTE.]
A platform in a fort or ship from which guns fire over a parapet etc. and not through an embrasure.