What is "barbicans"

Usage examples of "barbicans".

They could try to infiltrate the castle and overthrow it from within, they could set a siege, or they could opt for a frontal assault, trying to win through the three barbicans into the fortress proper.

Many of those troops sprinted up the causeway to where the drawbridge had stood open, then threw themselves into the water and swam for safety, relying upon those at the barbicans to pull them from the lake.

She played it over the walls, and Roland imagined that at any second she would cast a horrid spell and the barbicans would melt into slag or crumble to ruin.

They raced in before the gatekeepers could raise the drawbridges, and thus burst past the first two barbicans.

She did not overlook the latest theories about towers for enfilading fire and barbicans to protect her elevated gates.

They got no signals from the north or west barbicans but did not seem concerned.

From the north and west barbicans it was possible to watch most of the lake surface.

Which, in turn, would explain why there had been no response to our capture of the barbicans.

All three gates were strongly fortified with towered and buttressed barbicans which must be taken before the main gates could be reached.