Abbreviation of 砲台場. Refers to a coastal defense fortification or gun battery, especially in historical contexts (e.g., Edo period).
The shogunate built coastal batteries off Shinagawa.
Odaiba is located on the site of a battery built in the Edo period.
This fort was built to prevent the intrusion of foreign ships.
Soldiers were stationed to defend the coastal battery.
Abbreviation of 砲台場 (ほうだいば), literally 'cannon platform place'. The term became widely known through the Edo-period coastal defenses built in Tokyo Bay, now preserved in the place name お台場 (Odaiba).