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Meanings of
barbican
in English
Russian
барбакан
Portuguese
barbacã
Catalan
barbacana
Spanish
barbacana
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Fortified outpost or gateway.
barbacan
Russian
барбакан
Usage of
barbican
in English
1
So Argoth waited atop the
barbican
,
watching the roads for his friend.
2
For three long days we held the
barbican
against their united efforts.
3
We were silent as we walked under the
barbican
at Bootham Bar.
4
Zygas' white-and-black banner with its three horses rose above the
barbican
.
5
They continued running through the
barbican
and out across the bridge.
6
We reached the
barbican
,
where the palace guard stopped the cart.
7
Those of us shivering on the
barbican
did not find ourselves unduly impressed.
8
One of those shrieked when hit by an arrow from the
barbican
wall.
9
Before the
barbican
the party was halted by the guard.
10
The road flattened out, and soon we passed through the
barbican
of Castle Orison.
11
One of them fell onto the
barbican
and into the moat, and was saved.
12
Fifty others will await you at the
barbican
at daybreak.
13
Within the
barbican
gate stood Wallace, with Scrymgeour and Murray.
14
Argoth descended the stairs from the top of the
barbican
.
15
Kirkpatrick answered from the embrasure over the
barbican
-
gate
with a demand of who desired admittance.
16
Ahead, a vast grilled barrier like a castle
barbican
swam out of the gloom .
Other examples for "barbican"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
barbican
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
outer barbican
abandon the barbican
barbican gate
barbican towers
enclose barbican
More collocations
Translations for
barbican
Russian
барбакан
Portuguese
barbacã
Catalan
barbacana
castellet
Spanish
barbacana
Barbican
through the time