noun. A tower or other fortification on the approach to a castle or town, especially one at a gate or drawbridge.

noun. In medieval fortification, an outwork of a castle or fortified place.

noun. A loophole.

noun. A channel or scupper in a parapet for the discharge of water.

noun. A scansorial barbet of the family Capitonidæ and subfamily Pogonorhynchinæ, or the genus Pogonias in a broad sense. The barbicans are all African, like the barbions.

noun. 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.

noun. An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy.

noun. A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town

noun. A fortress at the end of a bridge.

noun. An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot.

noun. A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes.

noun. a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)

barbacan  

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