Usage examples (19)

• At the foot of one of these barren gray rocks, which, from its shape and perforation, exactly resembles the barbacan and gate of a castle, St. Remy is situated.
• I am not sure that we did not half expect to meet M. de St. Vallier himself, (a good baronial name) cap-a-pie at the barbacan gate, his lance in rest, and his visor...
• In the space of an hour the barbacan was broken down, and Godfrey's tower rested against the inner wall.
• The strife still continued within and without the barbacan, and ended without much advantage on either side.