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Barbican
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Description: A projecting watch tower, or other advanced work, before the gate of a castle or fortified town. The term barbican was more especially applied to the outwork intended to defend the drawbridge, which in modern fortifications is called the tete du pont.
Source: George J. Hagar The Standard American Encyclopedia, Volume, 2 (New York: The University Society, Inc., 1916)
Keywords: Architecture, castle, door,
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