Bailey - Castle courtyard and surrounding buildings.
Balcony - A platform projecting from an upper story and enclosed by a railing.
Balloon Framing - A common type of house framing using a box sill and ribband (if a second floor exist).
Bailey - The ward or courtyard inside the castle walls, includes exercise area, parade ground, emergency corral
Baluster - A small column.
Balustrade - A railing, as along a path or stairway.
bailey: a court in a medieval castle, lying between the outer walls and keep.
balustrade: a barrier consisting of several small columns, each known as a baluster, supporting a horizontal member.
Bailey
An area enclosed by walls in a castle. Often, medieval castles had both an inner and outer bailey, to maximise defence. If these were overcome, then the last refuge was the keep.
Balustrade ...
Bailey - also known as the ward. The courtyard-like area of ground enclosed by a stone wall or wooden palisade, where the domestic buildings of the castle were. Includes exercise area, parade ground, emergency corral.
BAILEY: The outer courtyard of a castle; also, the wall surrounding the courtyard
BARBICAN: An outwork from which the gateway or entrance to a castle was defended.
BASTION: A solid masonry projection.
Bailey
- now used to mean the courtyard of any castle, but properly used refers to the space between a motte and its outer walls.
See fortification .
Bailey or Ward: courtyard within the walls of the castle
Ballista: engine resembling a crossbow, used in hurling missiles or large arrows
Barbican: an outwork or forward extension of a castle gateway ...
Bailey or ward
area enclosed by castle walls, also known as the courtyard. Originally the defended area adjoining a motte
Bailiff ...
Bailey: The enclosed space or court between the keep and the curtain wall or palisade surrounding it. In `motte and bailey ' castles, the bailey was used as a protective enclosure for the domestic and working buildings associated with the donjon.
Motte-and-Bailey
An earth-mound with wood or stone keep, surrounded by ditched and palisade enclosure (or courtyard).
motte-and-bailey
A defensive system consisting of a mound of earth (the motte) with a wooden tower on top, placed within a courtyard (the bailey, also called the ward). Compare with keep
mouchette ...
The Kensington-Bailey neighborhood has many bungalows, many unheralded gems.
Sessions and Old Bailey had now to summon their favourite, specially, to their longing arms; and shouldering itself towards the visage of the Lord Chief Justice in the Court of King's Bench, the florid countenance of Mr.
baghBagh is the Persian word for 'garden' baileyA Bailey is the open area of a fortified castle. Some of the space was used for castle gardens during the middle ages.
BaileyAn enclosure defended by a ditch and palisade, usually as part of a motte-and-bailey castle.Balance beam(Canals): Beam projecting horizontally for opening and closing lock gates.
Norman Barons built timber castles on earthen mounds, beginning the development of motte-and-bailey castles, and great stone churches in the Romanesque style of the Franks. By 950 they were building stone keeps.
If you recognize the house, it may be because it was in the "Wind at my Back" series as Ma Bailey's home.
Kitchener ...
Bagging, Bag Rendering - Rubbing cement mortar over the face brickwork using sacking, to fill in small holes and to leave a rough textured surface suitable for painting
Bailey Bridge - A bridge prefabricated for rapid erection.
 See also: House, Castle, Motte, Tower, Masonry
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