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Definition of Barbican
1. Noun. A tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle).
Definition of Barbican
1. n. 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.
Definition of Barbican
1. Noun. A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town ¹
2. Noun. A fortress at the end of a bridge. ¹
3. Noun. An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot. ¹
4. Noun. A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barbican
1. an outer fortification [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbican
Literary usage of Barbican
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Highways and Byways in Shakespeare's Country by William Holden Hutton (1914)
"Then you come to the barbican, which projects nearly sixty feet from the main wall.
... barbican Warwick Gateway, barbican. The main building has an ancient ..."
2. The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting Houses, in by Walter Wilson (1810)
"barbican. INDEPENDENT. A HE word barbican is of Saxon original, and signifies an
outwork, or watch-tower. It was an appendage to most fortified places. ..."
3. A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-house by Jacob Henry Burn, Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy (1853)
"IN barbican—In the field, a naked child ? A bodice or stay-maker. The memorable
Tom Paine was a lady's stay-maker. O'Keeffe's Jemmy Jumps is a character, ..."
4. Descriptive guide of Mont Saint-Michel by Edouard Corroyer, Édouard Jules Corroyer (1883)
"The perspective view taken from the north door of the barbican, figures the
entrance to the Abbey in its actual condition, except the battlement of the ..."
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