barbacan
Americannoun
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The sentinels could be seen upon the ramparts, standing like statues of stone, and showing no signs of life; while above the barbacan gate the watchman was at his post, motionless and asleep.
From The Story of Siegfried by James Baldwin
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
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.
From Horace Chase by Constance Fenimore Woolson
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.
From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
The ruins were with some labor cleared away, the remains of the outer wall levelled with the earth, except the tower communicating with the drawbridge and barbacan, which could be easily repaired.
From The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History by Grace Aguilar
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