'Barbican' definitions:
Definition of 'barbican'
From: WordNet
noun
A tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) [syn: barbican, barbacan]
Definition of 'Barbican'
From: GCIDE
- 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] Barbicanage
Synonyms of 'barbican'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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