Barbette (other)
Barbettes are several types of gun emplacement. Barbette may also refer to: * , a patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy * Barbette (performer) (1899–1973), American female impersonator, high-wire performer and trapeze artist * Paul Barbette Paul Barbette (5 February 1620, Strasbourg – buried 10 March 1665, Amsterdam)

Barbette
Barbettes are several types of gun emplacement in terrestrial fortifications or on naval ships. In recent naval usage, a barbette is a protective circular armour support for a heavy gun turret. This evolved from earlier forms of gun protection that eventually led to the pre-dreadnought. The name ''barbette'' ultimately comes from fortification - it originally meant a raised platform or mound, as in the French phrase ''en barbette'', which refers to the practice of firing a cannon over a parapet rather than through an embrasure in a fortification's casemate. The former gives better angles of fire but less protection than the latter. The disappearing gun was a variation on the barbette gun; it consisted of a heavy gun on a carriage that would retract behind a parapet or into a gunpit for reloading. Barbettes were primarily used in coastal defences, but saw some use in a handful of warships, and some inland fortifications. The term is also used for certain aircraft gun mounts. Sh ...
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Barbette (performer)
Vander Clyde Broadway (December 19, 1899 – August 5, 1973), stage name Barbette, was an American female impersonator, high-wire performer, and trapeze artist born in Texas. Barbette attained great popularity throughout the United States but his greatest fame came in Europe and especially Paris, in the 1920s and 1930s. Barbette began performing as an aerialist at around the age of 14 as one-half of a circus act called The Alfaretta Sisters. After a few years of circus work, Barbette went solo and adopted his exotic-sounding pseudonym. He performed in full drag, revealing himself as male only at the end of his act. Following a career-ending illness or injury (the sources disagree on the cause), which left him in constant pain, Barbette returned to Texas but continued to work as a consultant for motion pictures as well as training and choreographing aerial acts for a number of circuses. After years of dealing with chronic pain, Barbette died by suicide on August 5, 1973. Both i ...
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Paul Barbette
Paul Barbette (5 February 1620, Strasbourg – buried 10 March 1665, Amsterdam)Burial of Paulus Barbette
at the Amsterdam Stadsarchief. was a celebrated physician. After finishing his medicine studies at in 1645, he practised both medicine and surgery in Amsterdam. He was a determined enemy of in all cases, relying chiefly on

Barbette (headdress)
Barbettes are several types of gun emplacement in terrestrial fortifications or on naval ships. In recent naval usage, a barbette is a protective circular armour support for a heavy gun turret. This evolved from earlier forms of gun protection that eventually led to the pre-dreadnought. The name ''barbette'' ultimately comes from fortification: it originally meant a raised platform or mound, as in the French phrase ''en barbette'', which refers to the practice of firing a cannon over a parapet rather than through an embrasure in a fortification's casemate. The former gives better angles of fire but less protection than the latter. The disappearing gun was a variation on the barbette gun; it consisted of a heavy gun on a carriage that would retract behind a parapet or into a gunpit for reloading. Barbettes were primarily used in coastal defences, but saw some use in a handful of warships, and some inland fortifications. The term is also used for certain aircraft gun mounts. Shi ...
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Barbette Mountain
Barbette Mountain is summit located on the shared border of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Description Barbette Mountain is situated on the Continental Divide and on the boundary of Banff National Park. It is part of the Waputik Mountains which is a subrange of the Canadian Rockies. The nearest higher neighbor is Mistaya Mountain, to the southeast. Precipitation runoff from Barbette drains west to the Blaeberry River via Wildcat Creek, and east into tributaries of the Mistaya River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,750 meters (5,740 ft) above the Blaeberry Valley in . The peak is visible from the Icefields Parkway in the vicinity of the Silverhorn Creek Bridge.Birrell, Dave (2000), ''50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies'', Rocky Mountain Books, , p. 46 History Barbette Mountain was named in 1918 by interprovincial boundary surveyors and the toponym was officially adopted March 31, 1924, by the Geographical Names Board of Canad ...
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Barbet (other)
Barbet may refer to: * Barbet (dog), a dog breed * Various birds in the infraorder Ramphastides ** African barbet, part of the bird family Lybiidae ** New World barbet, the bird family Capitonidae ** Asian barbet, the bird family Megalaimidae ** Toucan-barbet, the bird family Semnornithidae * USS ''Barbet'' (AMc-38), a coastal minesweeper commissioned on 29 September 1941 * USS ''Barbet'' (AMS-41), a minesweeper commissioned on 8 June 1942 * Barbet (surname) See also *Barbette (other) Barbettes are several types of gun emplacement. Barbette may also refer to: * , a patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy * Barbette (performer) (1899–1973), American female impersonator, high-wire performer and trapeze artist * Paul Barbette ... * Barbetta, Italian restaurant in New York City * * {{disambiguation ...
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