barbican
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The stronghold itself consisted of a large square or oblong like that at Donnington, Berkshire, and the approach was carefully guarded by strong gateways, advanced works, walled galleries, and barbicans.
From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
About eighty years ago the Corporation destroyed the picturesque old barbicans of the Bootham, Micklegate, and Monk Bars, and only one, Walmgate, was suffered to retain this interesting feature.
From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
The twelve gates, six on the left bank of the river and six on the right, are strengthened by barbicans.
From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Holt, Mathew Joseph
Iztacmaxitlan is said to have been the next stage after leaving Xocotla, and is described as a populous district, with a strong city or fortress on a high rock, defended by barbicans and ditches.--E.
You advance and walk between those walls and under the trees, wander along the barbicans, pass under the falling arcades from which spring large, waving plants.
From Over Strand and Field by Flaubert, Gustave
