casemate

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkeɪsˌmeɪt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kās′māt′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
case•mate  (kās′māt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Militaryan armored enclosure for guns in a warship.
  2. Militarya vault or chamber, esp. in a rampart, with embrasures for artillery.
  • Old Italian casamatta, alteration (by folk etymology) of Greek chásmata embrasures, literally, openings, plural of chásma chasm
  • Middle French
  • 1565–75
case′mat′ed, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
casemate /ˈkeɪsˌmeɪt/ n
  1. an armoured compartment in a ship or fortification in which guns are mounted
Etymology: 16th Century: from French, from Italian casamatta, perhaps from Greek khasmata apertures, plural of khasma chasm

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