Rebound by the casemate. The meaning of the word casemate. Sentences with the word "casemate"

meanings of the word casemate in the explanatory dictionaries of the Russian language:

Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary.

casemate

- In old prisons [origin. in fortresses z-mkakh]: solitary confinement cell
Example: To languish in a casemate.
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2. - a room protected from enemy fire weapons in defensive structures, previously a closed room on military ships for guns, machine guns and personnel

Efremova T.F. Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language.

casemate

m.
1) a) A room for the protection of personnel, weapons and ammunition from fire
enemy in defensive structures.
b) Armored room on ships for the installation of artillery pieces and
protection of personnel.
2) is outdated. A solitary cell in the fortress for keeping political prisoners.

S.I.Ozhegov, N.Yu.Shvedova. Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language.

casemate

, -a, m.
1. A room protected from enemy firepower in
defensive structures, formerly a closed room on military ships for
guns, machine guns and personnel (special).
2. In old prisons [origin.
in fortresses, castles]: single

Let's devote this material to a word that is not fully understood by many, which has several, both similar and fundamentally different meanings... Let's start with some of its definitions.

What is a casemate?

A casemated room, a casemate is:

Strong vaulted structures made of stone inside a number of fortifications (fortresses, bunkers, forts, etc.), protected from bullets, fire, explosions.
Capital large dugouts under the shaft.
The premises in the fortress where criminals are kept.
A detached, detached built cell or room in a prison.
Stone vaulted rooms in which prisoners are serving time.
A number of rooms in defensive structures, built specifically to protect both soldiers and weapons, ammunition, food, etc.
An armored camera on a military vessel, where the ship's artillery pieces are installed. Also used to shelter combat personnel from fire.
In tsarist Russia and many bourgeois countries, until the beginning of the 20th century, this was the name given to special cells in fortresses where political prisoners were kept.
Prison in the most general sense.
An obsolete meaning is a cell where especially dangerous criminals are serving their sentences.

Origin and synonyms

To understand what a casemate is, to some extent helps and familiarity with the origin of this word. It came from the French casemate, which, in turn, has Italian roots: cas, casa -"hut", "house"; mautt, matto -"dark", "crazy", "matte". Other dictionaries say that the Italian word may be the original source. casamatta, which literally can be translated as "madhouse"; in another sense - "blind building", "invisible fortification".

To say what a casemate is, in other words, the synonyms of this term will help:

prison;
camera;
dungeon;
premises;
prison;
bullpen;
jail;
prison;
caponier;
punishment cell;
dugout;
blockhouse.

Casemates and WoW

Those who play the popular online game World of Warcraft are familiar with such an underground location as Casemates of the Guardians, the passage of which requires level 110. The procedure for launching the "Casemate of the Guardians" is described in many video guides, as it raises many questions from gamers. After completing it, the player receives 75 so-called reputation with the Kirin Tor and 100 with the Guardians.

What is a casemate in a nutshell? There are three main meanings of this concept: a room within a fortification protected from fire and bombing; an armored chamber for placing artillery and protecting soldiers on ships; a kind of specially fortified prison building for different categories of criminals.

Meaning

Modern explanatory dictionary ed. "Great Soviet Encyclopedia"

CASEMATE

(French casemate), 1) a room in closed fortifications, which protects people and weapons in it from enemy fire. 2) Armored closed room on ships (in the 19th - early 20th centuries) for installing guns, storing shells, etc. 3) Before the beginning. 20th century solitary confinement in a prison.

S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language

casemate

KAZEMAT, -a, m.

1. A room protected from enemy fire weapons in defensive structures, a previously closed room on military ships for guns, machine guns and personnel (special).

2. In old prisons, the first. in fortresses, castles: solitary confinement for prisoners. To languish in ~ e.

| adj. ~ ny, th, th.

Dictionary of foreign words

CASEMATE

1. In defensive structures: a room for the protection of personnel, weapons and ammunition-owls. || Cf. BLINDAGE, BLOCKHAUS.

2. On a warship: an armored room for installing artillery pieces and protecting personnel.

3. outdated. A room in a fortress for keeping political prisoners. Casemate - relating to the casemate, casemates. || Cf. CAMERA, PUNCH.

Small academic dictionary of the Russian language

casemate

A, m.

1. Military.

A defensive structure (above ground or underground) that protects against artillery fire or small and medium caliber bombs.

(The projectile) hit the casemate on the thirteenth battery, broke through the one and a half layer of earth, then two arshins of concrete and exploded. Stepanov, Port Arthur.

2. Military., mor.

Armored accommodation on ships in the second half of the 19th - first half of the 20th centuries. for installing guns, storing shells, protecting people from being hit by enemy fire.

Mine artillery was located not in the side casemates, but quite openly on the upper deck. A. Krylov, My memoirs.

A solitary cell in a fortress for keeping political prisoners in pre-revolutionary Russia.

Shapovalov told --- both about the interrogations and about the solitary casemate of the Peter and Paul Fortress. Koptelov, The flame will light up.

|| Simple.

Prison, place of detention.

(Upit) escaped from the casemate several hours before the execution was carried out. Bakhmetyev, Martyn's Crime.

(Franz casemate from Italian casamatta)

Compiled dictionary of foreign words of the Russian language

casemate

CASEMATE

(French casemate, from Italian cas - hut, and mautt - dark). - Casemated premises. 1) stone structures with vaults in the fortress, secured from fire and bombs; the fortress premises under the rampart are vast dugouts. 2) premises for criminals in the fortress.

Dictionary of Military Terms

Casemate

premises in closed fortifications that protect people and weapons from the effects of enemy firepower. K- are combat, observation, residential, shell, etc.

Dictionary of Forgotten and Difficult Words of the 18th-19th Centuries

Casemate

, a , m.

A solitary cell in the fortress for keeping political prisoners.

* His duty was to keep political criminals and criminals in casemates, in solitary confinement.... // Lev Tolstoy. War and Peace // *

Naval Dictionary

Casemate

1) premises in defensive structures that protect people and weapons from the effects of enemy fire weapons.

2) An armored closed room on ships (in the 19th and early 20th centuries) for installing guns, storing ammunition and protecting personnel.

Efremova's Dictionary

Casemate

m.
1. :
  1. A room for the protection of personnel, weapons and ammunition from enemy fire in defensive structures.
  2. An armored room on ships for installing artillery pieces and protecting personnel.
2. outdated. A solitary cell in the fortress for keeping political prisoners.

encyclopedic Dictionary

Casemate

(French casemate),

premises in closed fortifications that protect people and weapons in it from enemy fire.
An armored closed room on ships (in the 19th - early 20th centuries) for installing guns, storing shells, etc.
Before the beginning. 20th century solitary confinement in a prison.

Ushakov's dictionary

Casemate

casema t, casemate, husband.(from ital. casamatto).

1. Prison quarters for important criminals ( official outdated.).

| Prison in general ( simple.).

2. Concrete cover from artillery and air force fire.

Ozhegov Dictionary

Kazem A T, a, m.

1. A room protected from enemy fire weapons in defensive structures, a previously closed room on military ships for guns, machine guns and personnel (special).

2. In old prisons [origin. in fortresses, castles]: solitary confinement cell. To languish in a casemate.

| adj. casemate, oh, oh.

Architectural vocabulary

Casemate

in military architecture, a closed fortified point with loopholes for small arms or artillery weapons.

(Architecture: An Illustrated Handbook, 2005)

1. A vaulted stone structure under the rampart (1), intended for shelter from hinged shelling and for storing ammunition.

2. A vaulted room for especially dangerous criminals, in a prison or fortress.

(Terms of Russian architectural heritage. Pluzhnikov V.I., 1995)

(it. casamatta - a room with thick walls) a room in the thickness of the rampart, between scarp and valgang walls. In flanks of bastions casemates were built with embrasures, intended for the installation of guns. In Russia, the casemates were called battles, or Pechuras... Casemates arranged in curtains, served to store ammunition, weapons, to accommodate the garrison.

(Dictionary of architecture terms. Yusupov E.S., 1994)