barbacan
Americannoun
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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 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
A band of picked men, under an experienced officer, threw themselves into the barbacan, determined to defend it to the last.
From The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History by Grace Aguilar
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.
From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by John Hughes
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 Washington Irving
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