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Barbacan

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See barbican.
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  • noun. See barbican.
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  • noun. Archaic spelling of barbican.
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  • noun. a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
    • Word Usage
    "I am not sure that we did not half expect to meet M. de St. Vallier himself, (a good baronial name) cap-a-pie at the barbacan gate, his lance in rest, and his visor down, like Sir Boucicault, or the Lord de Roye, or the doughtiest of Froissart's heroes."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tower  
    variant
    barbican  
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