emplacement

[ em-pleys-muh nt ]

/ ɛmˈpleɪs mənt /

Fortification. the space, platform, or the like, for a gun or battery and its accessories.

a putting in place or position; location: the emplacement of a wall.

Geology.

Origin of emplacement

1795–1805; < French, equivalent to obsolete emplac(er) to place ( em- em-¹ + placer to place) + -ment -ment

At about an hour before dawn we had got as far as making the emplacement.

Bullets & Billets |Bruce Bairnsfather
Sergeant Gosling immediately sprang from the emplacement, drew the shell from the ground, into which it had buried its nose.

The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 |Frederick William Bewsher
Fortunately the sappers who, with fixed bayonets, were stationed near the emplacement, stood firm.

South Africa and the Boer-British War, Volume I |J. Castell Hopkins
The enemy then opened heavy enfilade machine-gun fire on his emplacement at a range of 400 yards.

The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 |Frederick William Bewsher

This bottle is very conspicuous because of its emplacement, because it revolves, and because it is illuminated at night.

American Adventures |Julian Street

emplacement

/ (ɪmˈpleɪsmənt) /

a prepared position for the siting of a gun or other weapon

the act of putting or state of being put in place

C19: from French, from obsolete emplacer to put in position, from place