barbacan
barbacan, barbican.
1. Double fortified tower erected over a gate or a bridge, often very strong and high, and serving as a watch-tower.
2. Advanced outwork or structure flanking the approach to a fortified gateway.
3. Balistraria, in the sense of a loophole.
1. Double fortified tower erected over a gate or a bridge, often very strong and high, and serving as a watch-tower.
2. Advanced outwork or structure flanking the approach to a fortified gateway.
3. Balistraria, in the sense of a loophole.
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