act of putting into a place; location or platform for a gun or weapons battery (Military)
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Emplacement Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
emplacement
\em*place"ment\ (?), n. [cf. f. emplacement.] a putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.
similar words(2)
weapons emplacement
gun emplacement
Noun
1. military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon
(hypernym) military installation
(hyponym) gun emplacement, weapons emplacement
(derivation) emplace
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
2. the act of putting something in a certain place or location
(synonym) placement, location, locating, position, positioning
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) stratification
(derivation) emplace
Emplacement Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
(*) 1. A prepared position for one or more weapons or pieces of equipment, for protection against hostile fire or bombardment, and from which they can execute their tasks. 2. The act of fixing a gun in a prepared position from which it may be fired.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Emplacement Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Emplacement may refer to:
- A place where something is located
- Fortification
- Artillery battery
- Casemate, fortified gun emplacement
- Redoubt, enclosed defense emplacement
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