The castle has a barbican.
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Barbican
//ˈbɑːbɪkən//
Synonyms for "barbican" (98 found)
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Translations
29 translations across 26 languages.
Basque
1 entries- barbakana noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Bulgarian
1 entries- барбакан noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Catalan
1 entries- barbacana noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Czech
1 entries- barbakán noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Dutch
1 entries- barbacane noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Esperanto
1 entries- barbakano noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Estonian
1 entries- barbakaan noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
French
1 entries- barbacane noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Galician
1 entries- barbacá noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
German
1 entries- Barbakane noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Hungarian
1 entries- barbakán noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Italian
1 entries- barbacane noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Latvian
1 entries- barbakāns noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Lithuanian
1 entries- barbakanas noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Macedonian
1 entries- барбакан noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Occitan
1 entries- barbacana noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Old Galician-Portuguese
1 entries- barvacãa noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Polish
2 entries- barbakan noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
- rondel noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Portuguese
1 entries- barbacã noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Romanian
1 entries- barbacană noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Russian
2 entries- барбака́н noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
- стре́льница noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- barbakan noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
- барбакан noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Slovak
1 entries- barbakán noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Slovene
1 entries- barbakan noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Spanish
1 entries- barbacana noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Ukrainian
1 entries- барбака́н noun (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Whilst visiting London, walking in the neighbourhood of the Barbican Centre, I chanced upon a fish and chip shop, where I ordered ravishing fish and chips, wrapped in newspaper. I could get nothing like it back in North America.
Source: tatoeba (10652815)
In London, my hotel was near the Barbican Centre. A memorable event was eating delicious fish and chips wrapped in newspaper, which back home, North Americans could not replicate. My favourite Brits are Olaf Stapledon and J.R.R. Tolkien, respectively a sci-fi writer and a fantasy writer. I have surveyed the British Isles via satellite imagery, and a really interesting area is southwestern England, where there are quaint towns and hamlets.
Source: tatoeba (11021459)
The stone part of the drawbridge with its barbican and the bartizans of the gatehouse are in good repair. […] There was a large hidden trapdoor in the floor of the barbican, which would let them into the moat after all.
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