OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 45249

barbican

/ˈbɑːbɪkən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
barbacana
A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town.
The stone part of the drawbridge with its barbican and the bartizans of the gatehouse are in good repair. […] There was a large hidden trapdoor in the floor of the barbican, which…
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