Oubliette

Oubliette - A dungeon reached by a trap door; starvation hole
Outer Curtain - The wall the encloses the outer ward.
Outer Ward - The area around the outside of and adjacent to the inner curtain.

Oubliette: a dungeon reached by a trap door
Palisade: a sturdy wooden fence built to enclose a site until a permanent stone wall could be constructed
Parapet: protective wall at the top of a fortification, around the outer side of the wall-walk ...

Oubliette
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).

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.

Oubliette: A dungeon reached by a trap door; starvation hole.
P Palisade: A sturdy wooden fence built to enclose a site until a permanent stone wall could be constructed Palmette: Looped like a palm-leaf.

See also: Latrine, Murder hole, Turret, Tower, Bracket