donjon

We toured “le donjon,” and he explained to me that the word donjon, in French, means a keep or a main tower and is not to be confused with a dungeon.

The king did not order her loaded with chains and haled to the donjon keep.

“We’ve got a right to talk as loudly as we like, I take it, being alone in a dark old donjon keep!”

On a mound in the centre of this space rises an older donjon, octagonal in shape, protected by another enceinte.

Above the donjon, a broad flag flapped lazily in the air, and the blazon on it--three wasps on a green field--was his own.