Barbican vs Barmkin - What's the difference?
barbican | barmkin |
A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town
A fortress at the end of a bridge.
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.
* 1922 James Joyce, Ulysses 11:
A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes.
(obsolete) The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican.
As nouns the difference between barbican and barmkin
is that barbican is a tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town while barmkin is (obsolete) the battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern england and parts of scotland; a barbican.barbican
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Alternative forms
* barbacanNoun
(wikipedia barbican) (en noun)- Two shafts of soft daylight fell across the flagged floor from the high barbacans .