Bartizan
Overhanging battlemented corner turret, corbelled out; common in Scotland (and France).
Bartizan
Corbelled turret, square or round, frequently at an angle.Bar tracery ...
Bartizan Illustration
Castle Leod, Ross and Cromerty. Tower 1530 onwards, extentions 1845-1910. Note bartizans and machicolation on the tower.
Bartizan detail
Machicolation detail ...
Bartizan: overhanging corner turret
Bastion: a small tower at the end of a curtain wall or in the middle of the outside wall
Battlement: a narrow wall built along the outer edge of the wall walk to protect soldiers against attack ...
Bartizan
small turret projecting from the corner or flank of a tower or wall, usually at the top
Base cruck ...
Bartizaned: Provided with bartizans.
Bascule bridge: A kind of drawbridge used to defend a gateway. The bridge was moved using a counterpoise system, where a counter weight was moved into a pit, thus bringing the bridge up to fill the gateway.
Bartizan A watch-tower or turret jutting out from the top of a castle
Base The lowest part of a shield
Base course The lowest course of masonry of a wall or pier
Baselard A short sword or knife used in close combat ...
TURRET (from 0. Fr. tourette, diminutive of tour, tower, mod. Fr. tourelle), a small tower, especially at the angles of larger buildings, sometimes overhanging and built on corbels, when it is often called a "bartizan" (q.v.), ...
 See also: Corbel, Turret, Ground, Tower, Courtyard
  
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