barbican
Meaning of barbican
noun
the outer defence of a castle or walled city, especially a double tower above a gate or drawbridge.
Middle English: from Old French barbacane ; probably based on Arabic.
Information about barbican
- It is a name.
- The plural form of barbican is: barbicans.
- Languages in which barbican is used:
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Hyphenation of barbican
bar-bi-can
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- barbican is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
barbican synonyms
Meaning barbacan:
Words that rhyme with barbican
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