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Barbican

Barbican Meaning & Definition
Barbican Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barbican?

[n] a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Barbican: barbacan

Related Terms | Find terms related to Barbican: 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

See Also | tower

Barbican In Webster's Dictionary

\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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