bar·bi·can
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n] Pronunciation Key
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n] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | an outwork of a fortified place, as a castle. |
| 2. | a defensive outpost of any sort. |
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Barbican
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n. A tower or other fortification on the approach to a castle or town, especially one at a gate or drawbridge. [Middle English, from Old French barbacane, from Medieval Latin barbacana, from Persian barbārkhān : barbār, guard (from Old Iranian *parivāraka-, protective; see wer-4 in Indo-European roots) + khān, house (from Middle Persian).] |
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barbican
"outer fortification of a city or castle," 1300, from O.Fr. barbacane (12c.), a general Romanic word, perhaps from Arabic or Pers. (cf. bab-khanah "gate-house").
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| barbican | |
noun | |
| a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) |
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Barbican
Bar"ba*can\, n. See Barbican.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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