barbacan
Americannoun
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Before the main entrance of the outer wall was an outwork called the barbacan, which was a high wall surmounted by battlements and turrets, built to defend the gate and drawbridge.
From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
In the space of an hour the barbacan was broken down, and Godfrey's tower rested against the inner wall.
From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Michael Russell
The gateway is in imitation of the ancient barbacan, being a kind of outpost and flanked by towers, though evidently for mere ornament, instead of defence.
From The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving
The entrance was defended by an outwork or barbacan.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
It was an old brick building that might have served as an outpost or barbacan to the Hall during the civil wars, when every gentleman's house was liable to become a fortress.
From Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey by Washington Irving
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