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case•mate



Pronunciation: (kās'māt"), [key]
n.
1. an armored enclosure for guns in a warship.
2. a vault or chamber, esp. in a rampart, with embrasures for artillery.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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