(n.) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
(n.) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.
Example Sentences:
(1) Things are going to get tough,” said Edward Macquisten of the Gibraltar chamber of commerce, in his office above the main Casemates Square.
Cornice
Definition:
(n.) Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
Example Sentences:
(1) The two victims had fallen down a rock face after the breaking off of a cornice and had come to rest in the uppermost part of the accumulation area.
(2) Some houses have bulbous bulls’ heads, accessorised by grapes, jutting out above their front door; others have busts of Greek gods peering over the skylight, moustaches lovingly carved; others complex cornices, ideal for storing 120 years of grime.
(3) Helvellyn's Striding and Swirral Edges and Pinnacle Ridge on St Sunday Crag, from where Blackpool Tower can be seen, were for a short time corniced with frosted snow.
(4) The wavy furrows and ridges were repeatedly formed and appeared just like a cornice.