barbacan

[ bahr-buh-kuhn ]

noun

1. barbican.

Example Sentences

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

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A band of picked men, under an experienced officer, threw themselves into the barbacan, determined to defend it to the last.

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Behind Eagle Cliff, almost isolating it from the mountain, of which it is the barbacan, a hideous ravine yawns upon the pass.

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Villages were established on the river of Barbacan, Aborlan, and as far as Ypolote.

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They inhabit the upper parts of the mountains between Babuyan and Barbacan, say from 10° to 10° 20′ N. latitude.

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