Crossword clues for donjon
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Donjon \Don"jon\ (d[u^]n"j[u^]n), n. [See Dungeon.] The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle.
Wiktionary
n. The fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Donjon (French for keep) is an independently published role-playing game by Clinton R. Nixon, published by Anvilwerks.
Usage examples of "donjon".
Il y a ici un donjon, un beffroi, des canons, des bourgeois, des soldats.
With the native sound judgment of the father of a heroine of romance, the von Berlichingen of that day shut his daughter up in his donjon keep, or his oubliette, or his culverin, or some such place, and resolved that she should stay there until she selected a husband from among her rich and noble lovers.
So sorry, a general and a senior administrator commit seppuku in the donjon forecourt.
Once more their passes were checked and now they were escorted with their flare-carrying porters through the donjon main gate, along a passage that meandered, mazelike, between high, battlemented stone walls to the next gate that led to the moat and the innermost wooden bridge.
The waithman goode of Silverwoode, That bowman stout and hende, In donjon gloom abides his doom-- God dele him gentil ende.
Hightower, a fortress rearing blank walls of lusterless, rust-colored stone and a pylon-like central donjon for which it had been named, a stronghold never breeched.
So I will tell thee now that if thou openest thy lips to say only one single word more except at my bidding, I will send thee to the black vault of the donjon to cool thy hot spirits on bread and water for a week.
And straightway the minions of the law led forth from their donjon keep one whom the sleuthhounds of justice had apprehended in consequence of information received.
And when Grandfather was assaulted by an armed host as he bivouacked at a river tower near Daggerdraw, he and a few sword carls held the door of that small donjon.
Church and State, many a long stay in the donjons and bastilles, many a beating and torture.
And opposite them the abutments of the First Circinate rose like the outward face of a donjon from which people did not return.
When the _coup d'etat_ broke out at Donjon, Preveraud had taken up arms and fulfilled his duty, had combated the outrage and defended the law.
I made my identity known to the postern guards there and was permitted to enter and climb to the top of the donjon, as I had once climbed our Matachin Tower before taking my leave of Master Palaemon.
Once more their passes were checked and now they were escorted with their flare-carrying porters through the donjon main gate, along a passage that meandered, mazelike, between high, battlemented stone walls to the next gate that led to the moat and the innermost wooden bridge.