Strongly fortified enclosure at the heart of a medieval castle.
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Examples for "inner bailey "
Examples for "inner bailey "
1 The rest of the household greeted them just inside the inner bailey gates.
2 They passed under the small inner bailey gate.
3 Several large buildings crowded the inner bailey , which was floored with rectangular blocks of pale gray stone.
4 The Red Keep was dark and still as Cayn and Tomard escorted him across the inner bailey .
5 Crossing the inner bailey of Mock's Hold, Temper shook out his cloak and pulled it over his shoulders.
1 There are two divisions: the outer ward, and the inner ward .
2 He set off in search of the inner ward .
3 There are mottes and baileys, outer wards and an inner ward , a barbican, towers and keeps.
4 In 1097, under William Rufus, the works were still going on and the inner ward was enclosed.
5 This leads to the outer ward which is about four times as large as the inner ward .
1 Two mules were waiting in the upper bailey , saddled and ready.
1 Four men had been standing in the doorway of the upper ward .
2 No one was very ill in this upper ward , which was kept for convalescents.
3 In the upper ward six wounded soldiers had been killed, and in the lower two old women.
4 It had struck almost vertically on the tiled roof, and, exploding in the attic, had blown in the ceiling into the upper ward .
5 In this reign, in all probability, the Norman Tower, which now forms a gateway between the middle and the upper ward , was erected.
1 He waddled out into the lower bailey ; his stunted legs complained of the steps.
2 They met in the lower bailey of Riverrun.
3 When she returned to the lower bailey , Ser Brynden Tully stood on the water stairs with wet boots, talking with the captain of Riverrun's guards.
4 "They trained you well, little bird." He conducted her to the lower bailey , where a crowd had gathered around the archery butts.
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This collocation consists of: Translations for lower bailey