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Barbacan

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n. Archaic spelling of barbican.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See barbican.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. See barbican.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)

Word Usage

"Across the Seine, the whole of the ruined faubourg of St. Sever was under the command of John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon, whose business it was to guard the barbacan, or fortress at the south end of the bridge, and to keep up the English communications with the south of"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

tower

Variant

barbican