In 1333 a large barbican was built, and a portcullis was added. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Paul Levy Until June 14 www. barbican.org.uk/bite. From Wordnik.com. [Soutine's disconcerting view of life] Reference
Others jammed the barbican, pointing and gesticulating. From Wordnik.com. [Escape on Venus]
From within the barbican came the creak of the windlass. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Invincible]
And the barbican itself had suffered immensely from above. From Wordnik.com. [Soldiers Live]
"Take this man to the barbican gate," the general commanded. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Triumphant]
We were nearly at the foot of the ramp to the north barbican. From Wordnik.com. [She Is The Darkness]
For three long days we held the barbican against their united efforts. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
The garrison of the barbican was responding to the threat as best it could. From Wordnik.com. [Soldiers Live]
Still no one came forward to reinforce or relieve the defenders of the barbican. From Wordnik.com. [Soldiers Live]
The buff stone barbican at the end of the causeway was a small fortress in itself. From Wordnik.com. [Nemesis]
Then one day as I was carrying a letter to the barbican, he came bounding up to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the Torturer]
Soon Conan felt he had visited all of them without making his way to the barbican gate. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Triumphant]
There he stood at the barbican of his castle, with formidable beak couched like a lance. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
They pounded down the ramp as the barbican and portcullis collapsed in a heap of rubble. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Invincible]
He and William rode past the barbican and out onto the moors that spread in front of Aeodan. From Wordnik.com. [A Change of Seasons]
The only entrance is under the vaulted archway of the barbican, still as jealously guarded as if. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
It was always thrilling to approach those white walls with their battlements and barbican gates. From Wordnik.com. [The Reluctant Queen]
Here she could look onto the field that stretched in front of the barbican, her way toward home. From Wordnik.com. [A Change of Seasons]
The view lay silvered in moonlight, the stone of tower and barbican slashed with ink-deep shadow. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowfane]
"Go to the barbican," said the victor, in a tone of authority, "and there wait my further orders.". From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4] Reference
There are but two men who occupy the float, fling them into the moat, push across for the barbican. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4] Reference
As I toiled up towards the Del Puente barbican I could feel the precious afternoon light dwindling. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
A ramp led to the barbican, topped by troughs for pouring boiling oil on those who approached unwarily. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Invincible]
"The Surreal House" at the barbican Art Gallery, Silk Street, through September 12, www. barbican.org.uk. From Wordnik.com. [ARTINFO: Top 10 Shows to See in London] Reference
The guards at the towering barbican gate before the royal palace stirred themselves at Conan's approach. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Triumphant]
The officers all had orders to push through the barbican and drive straight on to the heart of the city. From Wordnik.com. [Soldiers Live]
“Go to the barbican,” said the victor, in a tone of authority, “and there wait my further orders.”. From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
THEN Sir Gareth rode unto the barbican of the castle, and prayed the porter fair to let him into the castle. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
He shouted an order, inaudible from where Eladamri sat, and 40 soldiers poured out of the barbican, fully armed. From Wordnik.com. [Nemesis]
Absently, as he read, he heard the drum of horses 'hoofs outside the barbican, the sharp staccato of the guards' challenge. From Wordnik.com. [The Bloody Crown of Conan]
Nodding and bowing, the squires took the animal's reins from Aran and led the horse through the barbican into the inner ward. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons at War]
The only egress led outside onto a parapet where machicolations fronted the west barbican, above the top of the massive main gate. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
Taglios: Outrageous Fortune The passage through the barbican seemed a maze from inside, though there were only a half dozen turns. From Wordnik.com. [Soldiers Live]
He then lifted his sword from the floor, took off his helmet in token of submission, and, going to the barbican, gave up his sword to. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4] Reference
Until July 26 www. barbican.org.uk Istanbul Art The work of German multimedia artist Rosemarie Trockel is both diverse and obsessive. From Wordnik.com. [A Starkly Physical Look] Reference
Striking suddenly from all directions and enjoying maximum support from above and from Tobo, our troops pushed into the barbican complex. From Wordnik.com. [Soldiers Live]
I planted my right wing yards from the road we had followed down to Stormgard, just out of bowshot of the barbican at the gate it entered. From Wordnik.com. [Shadow Games]
Ahead, a vast grilled barrier like a castle barbican swam out of the gloom ... and beyond it, they caught their first glimpse of Blaine the Mono. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Lands]
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