Examples of 'barbican' in a sentence
Meaning of "barbican"
A fortification or defense structure built around a city (noun), such as the Barbican in London, often used for protection in medieval times
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- A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town
- A fortress at the end of a bridge.
- An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot.
- A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes.
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The walls have six barbican gates.
An outer barbican was added to the outer curtain wall.
To the right of the entrance stands a large barbican.
The gatehouse and barbican are linked by a stone causeway.
Entrance to the castle is through a barbican.
Parts of the barbican walls remain.
The barbican is decorated with a small medieval garden.
In front of the gates are barbican entrances.
Barbican visitor information.
Visit the barbican kitchen.
The gate is protected by a barbican.
Finding the theatre that barbican place takes a week by itself.
They made it to the barbican.
The barbican is used as a place for the treatment of local people.
Cabaret is the main citadel with a barbican defence system.
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Barbican railway station.
The restaurant is located just below this spectacular barbican.
Barbican tube station.
Secure the barbican.
The barbican tower.
Its defensive function is related to that of a barbican in front of the gate.
The south barbican was converted into a more comfortable residence at this time.
The castle entrance was defended by a low casemated tower and a barbican.
Modifications to the barbican have removed evidence of a portcullis and its grooves.
Inside of the barbican.
The fact that the barbican was exploited as a quarry supports this derivation.
Today only the archery tower and the barbican survives.
It is also likely that the barbican was captured and destroyed at this time.
I want you to go tell the steward they are headed for the barbican.
The barbican had a sluice gate and an archway on the western side.
It was the old barbican.
The ruins of a barbican can be seen on the far side of the moat.
Its access through a gate tower and adjoining barbican has been retained.
The first gatehouse of the barbican is provided with a drawbridge reconstituted in working order.
It was surrounded by a wall with towers and a deep moat protected by a barbican and a parapet.
The barbican was a defensive fortification built to protect potential weak spots like a gate.
At the barbican.
It has been suggested that etymologically the word may be a corruption of the word barbican.
A heavily fortified gatehouse and barbican and a high inner wall lined with archers.
Barbican is around the defensive fort that sits just outside the old town.
Entry to the inner ward is across a dry moat that had a barbican and gatehouse.
The Barbican to open two new cinemas.
This can be seen from the various openings in the curtain walls and the barbican.
The Barbican is a particularly fine example of its type.
The awards took place at the Barbican.
Both Barbican pieces were an hour long.
Make sure you really are a Barbican.
The Barbican is one of my favorite places.
I agree with you about the Barbican.
I go to the Barbican at least once a month.
