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
- 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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