Outer ward

Outer Ward - The area around the outside of and adjacent to the inner curtain.
Palisade - A sturdy wooden fence usually built to enclose a site until a permanent stone wall can be constructed.
Palmette - Looped like a palm-leaf.

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; starvation hole.

Outer Curtain - the wall the encloses the outer ward. The outermost curtain wall within the shell wall; otherwise, the shell wall itself.
Outer Ward - The area around the outside of and adjacent to the inner curtain.
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Outer bailey: The bailey situated between the middle bailey or inner defences and the surrounding country; the defence which includes the main entrance, also known as the outer ward. See barbican, concentric castle.

See also: Wattle, Aperture, Enceinte, Glacis, Church