1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Barbican

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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 3

Barbican

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BARBICAN (from Fr. barbacane, probably of Arabic or Persian origin), an outwork for the defence of a gate or drawbridge; also a sort of pent-house or construction of timber to shelter warders or sentries from arrows or other missiles.