barbacan

[ bahr-buh-kuhn ]

noun

1. barbican.

Example Sentences

Begun in the seventeenth century, when Florida was a province of Spain, it has turrets, ramparts, and bastions, a portcullis and barbacan, a moat and drawbridge.

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At the foot of one of these barren gray rocks, which, from its shape and perforation, exactly resembles the barbacan and gate of a castle, St. Remy is situated.

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The strife still continued within and without the barbacan, and ended without much advantage on either side.

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He blenches not! he blenches not!" said Rebecca; "I see him now: he leads a body of men close under the outer barrier of the barbacan.

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In the space of an hour the barbacan was broken down, and Godfrey's tower rested against the inner wall.

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