Meaning of BARBICAN
| Pronunciation: | | 'bârbukun
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| | Definition: | | [n] a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) |
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| | Synonyms: | | barbacan |
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| | See Also: | | tower | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bar"bi*can\, Barbacan \Bar"ba*can\, n. [OE. barbican,
barbecan, F. barbacane, LL. barbacana, barbicana, of
uncertain origin: cf. Ar. barbakh aqueduct, sewer. F.
barbacane also means, an opening to let out water, loophole.]
1. (Fort.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to
a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often
large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its
own.
2. An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which
missiles were discharged upon an enemy.
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| | Related Terms: | | abatis, advanced work, antenna tower, balistraria, bank, banquette, barbed-wire entanglement, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, belfry, bell tower, breastwork, bulwark, campanile, casemate, cheval-de-frise, circumvallation, colossus, column, contravallation, counterscarp, cupola, curtain, demibastion, derrick, dike, dome, drawbridge, earthwork, enclosure, entanglement, escarp, escarpment, fence, fieldwork, fire tower, fortalice, fortification, glacis, lantern, lighthouse, loophole, lunette, machicolation, mantelet, martello, martello tower, mast, merlon, minaret, monument, mound, obelisk, observation tower, outwork, pagoda, palisade, parados, parapet, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, pole, portcullis, postern gate, pylon, pyramid, rampart, ravelin, redan, redoubt, sally port, scarp, sconce, shaft, skyscraper, spire, standpipe, steeple, stockade, stupa, television mast, tenaille, tope, tour, tower, turret, vallation, vallum, water tower, windmill tower, work |
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