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Defensive gate tower
Answer for the clue "Defensive gate tower ", 8 letters:
barbican
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town 2 A fortress at the end of a bridge. 3 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. 4 A temporary ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Barbican \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.] (Fort.) A tower or advanced ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Barbican is a type of fortified building. Barbican may also refer to: Barbican Estate , a residential estate in London Barbican (comics), a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe Barbican, Plymouth , England Barbican Centre , an arts centre in London Barbican ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) [syn: barbacan ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"outer fortification of a city or castle," mid-13c., from Old French barbacane (12c.), a general Romanic word, perhaps ultimately from Arabic or Persian (compare bab-khanah "gate-house"). Watkins identifies it as from Old Iranian *pari-varaka "protective," ...
Usage examples of barbican.
There was no barbican, but the entire area between the walls was effectively a killing ground.
Suddenly an entire area near the barbican in the outer wall exploded with bright light.
Only the outer wall remained intact, except where the barbican had been exploded.
Guy and Arutha looked down from the highest tower of the keep, overlooking the barbican of the fortification.
The final wave had breasted the wall to the south of the barbican, but the reinforcement company had filled the breach and driven them back.
Amos, Guy, and Arutha observed the invaders from their command post upon the southern barbican, the main entrance to the city.
It rolled toward the outer gates of the barbican, and nothing the defenders could do would stop it.
The gates were flung back into the barbican, twisting as they fell under the wheels of the ram.
He pointed to where the goblins had cleared the breach through the outer gate of the barbican once more and were now climbing up the inner gate.
Guy, and the company directly under his command began to fall back from the barbican, while behind them trumpeters sounded the call to withdraw.
He entered the barbican of the keep, passing the shattered outer doors.
For an instant all within the killing ground of the barbican were intent upon the splintering door, and Murmandamus stepped back into the shadows, silently laughing at the folly of other creatures.
Arutha looked down from the highest tower of the keep, overlooking the barbican of the fortification.
Guy, and Arutha observed the invaders from their command post upon the southern barbican, the main entrance to the city.
It was a handsome stone bridge with a barbican at its further end, and Thomas feared the garrison of that tower might see them, but no one called an alarm and no crossbow bolts thumped across the river.