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 English
Alternative forms
* barbacan
Noun
( wikipedia barbican)
( en noun)
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:
- Two shafts of soft daylight fell across the flagged floor from the high barbacans .
A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes.
See also
* bartisan
References
* Samuel Johnson, Dictionary of the English Language (1766)
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barmkin English
Noun
( wikipedia barmkin)
( en noun)
(obsolete) The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican.
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