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barbican n. 外堡;望楼;城门塔 外堡;望楼;城门塔 barbican n 1: a tower that is part of a defensive structure ( such as a castle) [ synonym: { barbican}, { barbacan}] Barbican \ Bar" bi* can\, Barbacan \ Bar" ba* can\, n. [ OE. barbican, barbecan, F. barbacane, LL. barbacana, barbicana, of uncertain origin: cf. Ar. barbakh aqueduct, sewer. F. barbacane also means, an opening to let out water, loophole.] 1. ( Fort.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own. [ 1913 Webster] 2. An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy. [ 1913 Webster] Barbicanage95 Moby Thesaurus words for " barbican": abatis, advanced work, antenna tower, balistraria, bank, banquette, barbed- wire entanglement, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, belfry, bell tower, breastwork, bulwark, campanile, casemate, cheval- de- frise, circumvallation, colossus, column, contravallation, counterscarp, cupola, curtain, demibastion, derrick, dike, dome, drawbridge, earthwork, enclosure, entanglement, escarp, escarpment, fence, fieldwork, fire tower, fortalice, fortification, glacis, lantern, lighthouse, loophole, lunette, machicolation, mantelet, martello, martello tower, mast, merlon, minaret, monument, mound, obelisk, observation tower, outwork, pagoda, palisade, parados, parapet, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, pole, portcullis, postern gate, pylon, pyramid, rampart, ravelin, redan, redoubt, sally port, scarp, sconce, shaft, skyscraper, spire, standpipe, steeple, stockade, stupa, television mast, tenaille, tope, tour, tower, turret, vallation, vallum, water tower, windmill tower, work
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