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砲廓 (ほうかく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

砲ほう廓かく

Meanings

1

noun

casemate; armored gun enclosure on a warship

rare term

Rare technical term from naval architecture; refers to a protected compartment for artillery on a warship. Not in common modern use.

戦せん艦かんの設せっ計けい図ずには、砲ほう廓かくの位い置ちが細こまかく記しるされていた。
The battleship's blueprints showed the positions of the casemates in detail.

Kanji

砲cannon, gun
廓enclosure, quarter, red-light district

Etymology

Compound of 砲 (ほう, 'gun, cannon') and 廓 (かく, 'enclosure, quarter'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term appears in early modern naval terminology.