barbacan
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The entrance was defended by an outwork or barbacan.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
The strife still continued within and without the barbacan, and ended without much advantage on either side.
From The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History by Aguilar, Grace
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
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
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
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