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barbican

noun

1 barbican

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

synonym: barbacan.

Roget 717: defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding etc. v.; propugnation, preservation etc. 670; guardianship.    area defense; ... show more

Dutch: Barbican
Polish: barbakan


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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