Barbican - Outwork defending the entrance to castle
Barge Board - The exterior board spanning the distance from the roof ridge to the cornice return.
Barbican - The gateway or outworks defending the drawbridge.
Bar hole - Horizontal hole for timber bar used as a door-bolt.
Barrel vault - Cylindrical roof.
barbican: a small structure outside a castle that provides the first line of defence.
bargeboard: a wooden board in front of the edge of the roofing material at the end of a gable and often carved to decorative effect.
Barbican
- the outer defensive works which protect the main entrance of a castle or town gates etc.
See fortification .
BARBICAN: An outwork from which the gateway or entrance to a castle was defended.
BASTION: A solid masonry projection.
BATTLEMENTS: The notched top of a defensive wall.
Barbican
outwork defending the entrance to a castle. Often a walled passage projecting from the front of the gatehouse which had large spaces in the roof, or no roof at all, so that defenders could fire upon any attackers trapped inside.
Barbican: an outwork or forward extension of a castle gateway
Barrel vault: semicircular roof of stone & timber
Bartizan: overhanging corner turret ...
Barbacan, Barbican: An outwork consisting of an outer bailey provided with flanking towers, which was used to defend the main gate of a; fortified town, castle or the approaches of a bridge situated before a fortification.
Barbican: The gateway or outworks defending the drawbridge; An outwork or forward extension of a castle gateway. Bar Hole: Horizontal hole for timber bar used as a door-bolt.
Barbican - also called a hornwork. A structure built to protect the outside of an entrance. Can also be, as at Ludlow and Exeter, a special kind of towered gatehouse built in two parts. The gateway or outworks defending the drawbridge.
BarbicanOutwork defending the entrance to a castle.Bargeboards(corruption of ‘vergeboards'): Boards, often carved or pierced (called fretted), fixed beneath the eaves of a gable to cover and protect the rafters.
The story is also a glossary of post-medieval Maltese, Turkish and battle argot: langue, allure, gazi, devshirme, tercio, arquebucero, auberge, crenel, barbican, oilette, etc.
Horrific post-medieval religious war by The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) ...
So much for the gate itself; but before an attack could reach that point, the following defences had to be passed: an immense circular barbican (A) protected the entrance across the moat and through the outer enceinte of the city.
 See also: Castle, Bailey, House, Parapet, Medieval
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