Dungeon - The jail, usually found in one of the towers.
Embattled - Battlemented; crenelated.
Embrasure - The low segment of the altering high and low segments of a battlement.
Dungeon: the jail, usually found in one of the towers
Enceinte: an enclosing wall, usually exterior, of a fortified place
Embrasure: the low segment of the altering high and low segments of a battlement ...
dungeon or pit under the floor, reached by a trap-door, used for incarcerating prisoners
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Oubliette: A dungeon with only one opening which was situated in its vault, usually covered by a trapdoor; a secret pit in floor of a dungeon into which a prisoner could be thrown. (Fr. oublier, to forget).
Dungeon: The jail, usually found in one of the towers.
E East end: Refers to the end of the church where the main altar is placed and where the main part of the service takes place. Generally, medieval churches were oriented toward the east.
Oubliette - a dungeon reached by a trap door; starvation hole Oubliette dungeon or pit under the floor, reached by a trap-door, used for incarcerating prisoners.
Outer Curtain - the wall the encloses the outer ward.
Keep / Donjon
- the principal tower of a castle, usually in the centre. Donjon, not to be confused with dungeon, is the French term for keep.
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and illustrator David Macaulay takes us inside an imaginary Welsh castle and lets us watch its construction brick by brick. Although written for children, anyone who is fascinated by castles will enjoy the detailed information about moats, dungeons, ...
The soul, shut inside the body, nevertheless holds the body together; and though they are confined within the world as in a dungeon, it is Christians who hold the world together.
 See also: Castle, Principal, Ground, House, Tower
  
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