barbican

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbɑː(ɹ)bɪkən/

名詞

A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town / A fortress at the end of a bridge.

日本語の意味

城門や砦都市の入口に位置する防御用の塔 / 橋の先端に築かれた要塞

英語の意味

A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town / A fortress at the end of a bridge.

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The soldiers stationed in the barbican watched the valley for signs of the approaching enemy.

出城に配属された兵士たちは、迫り来る敵の兆候がないか谷を見張っていた。

詳細

意味（1）

A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town

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.

詳細

意味（2）

A fortress at the end of a bridge.

意味（3）

An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot.

Two shafts of soft daylight fell across the flagged floor from the high barbacans.

詳細

意味（4）

A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes.

barbicans （ plural ）