barbacan

American  

[bahr-buh-kuhn] / ˈbɑr bə kən /

noun

1. barbican.

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Example Sentences

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 Irving, Washington

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 Woolson, Constance Fenimore

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 Russell, Michael

So watchful and skilful were the besieged, that the greatest havoc had been made amongst the men employed in working the engines, and not yet had even the palisades and barbacan been successfully stormed.

From The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History by Aguilar, Grace

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 McGuffey, William Holmes