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Definition of: casemate
(kās′māt) noun
1. A vaulted chamber in a fortification.
2. A bombproof shelter from which guns fire through openings, or an armored bulkhead on shipboard, with openings for guns. [<F <Ital. casamatta,? <Gk. chasmata, plural of chasma opening]
—case′·mat′ed adjective
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