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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 635 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CUPOLA (Ital., from
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Lat. cupula, small cask or vault, cupa, tub)  , a
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term, in
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architecture, for a spherical or spheroidal covering to a
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building, or to any
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part of it . In fortification the word is used of a
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form of armoured structure, in which guns or howitzers are mounted . It is a
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low
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flat
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turret resembling an overturned saucer and showing little above the ground except the muzzles of the guns . See for details and illustrations FORTIFICATION AND SIEGECRAFT; also
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ORDNANCE .

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