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barbican
- An outwork or forward extension of a castle gateway.
- Outerwork of a castle, providing additional defence for the gatehouse. Also used to describe the strategy developed by the English in the late fourteenth century.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: History
- Category: Medieval
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- Dualsys
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