Synonyms for barbican

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bahr-bi-kuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr bɪ kən

Définition of barbican

Origin : "outer fortification of a city or castle," mid-13c., from Old French barbacane (12c.), a general Romanic word, perhaps ultimately from Arabic or Persian (cf. bab-khanah "gate-house").

As in watchtower : noun lookout

Example sentences :

They had crossed Smithfield together, and Clennam was left alone at the corner of Barbican.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Lunch over, he lit a cigar, and strolled in the direction of the Barbican.
Extract from : « Shining Ferry » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

I will be off the landing-place at the Barbican with a boat.
Extract from : « The Ocean Cat's Paw » by George Manville Fenn

The barbican was named Bevis's Tower from this legendary story.
Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present » by John Timbs

Some remains of the old Barbican were to be seen here in the last century.
Extract from : « Bygone London » by Frederick Ross

He dyed about 1647; buried in Cripplegate church, from his house in the Barbican.
Extract from : « Brief Lives (Vol. 2 of 2) » by John Aubrey

The said suburb extended from the Barbican of the city as far as the corner of the said city.
Extract from : « Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe » by John Hewitt

A voice from the guardroom in the barbican answer'd him through the darkness.
Extract from : « The Splendid Spur » by Arthur T. Quiller Couch

The original church was founded in the year 1760, in the Barbican.
Extract from : « The Religious Life of London » by J. Ewing Ritchie

He heard the voices of the sentries in the barbican as they conversed with the newcomers.
Extract from : « The Mad King » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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