Emplacement


[em-pleys-muh nt] /ɛmˈpleɪs mənt/

noun
1.
Fortification. the space, platform, or the like, for a gun or battery and its accessories.
2.
a putting in place or position; location:
the emplacement of a wall.
3.
Geology.

/ɪmˈpleɪsmənt/
noun
1.
a prepared position for the siting of a gun or other weapon
2.
the act of putting or state of being put in place
n.

1802, from French emplacement “place, situation,” from emplacer (16c.), from en- “in” (see en- (1)) + placer “to place” (see place (v.)). Gunnery sense attested from 1811.

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