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Example sentences for "barbacan"

Lexicographically close words:
barang; barangay; baraque; barb; barba; barbacoas; barbare; barbares; barbari; barbarian
  1. At the foot of one of these barren gray rocks, which, from its shape and perforation, exactly resembles the barbacan and gate of a castle, St. Remy is situated.

  2. Seaton, springing into his saddle by torchlight the following morning, as with a gallant band he was about dashing over the drawbridge, to second the defenders of the barbacan and palisades.

  3. So watchful and skilful were the besieged, that the greatest havoc had been made amongst the men employed in working the engines, and not yet had even the palisades and barbacan been successfully stormed.

  4. In the space of an hour the barbacan was broken down, and Godfrey's tower rested against the inner wall.

  5. Meanwhile the King took care to strengthen the castle at the Porte Bouvreuil, and the barbacan at the bridge; and his own palace began to rise near the Tour Malsifrotte and the Porte du Pré de la Bataille.


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