n
(obsolete) battlement, fortification
n
The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.
n
An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.
n
A fortification of stone and turf built by the Roman Empire across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland.
n
The outer wall of a feudal castle.
n
A fortress at the end of a bridge.
n
(obsolete) The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican.
n
Confusion of bastille with bastion (bulwark).
n
(architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
n
(military) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
n
Any high wall for defense.
n
A tall defensive tower typically found in medieval castles in German-influenced countries.
n
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
n
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
n
A defensive wall or rampart.
n
(architecture) A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.
n
A gate system in a fortification, comprising two or more successive gateways linked by an easily defended passageway between two walls.
n
A raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement.
n
A rampart or other defensive entrenchment that entirely encircles the position being defended.
n
(fortification) All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.
n
(obsolete) The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.
v
(archaic, transitive) To furnish with battlements; to fortify as if with battlements.
adj
Of a wall, fortress, etc., having battlements or crenellations.
n
(countable) A battlement.
n
That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
adj
(fortifications) Having a fosse.
n
(archaic) A fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall
n
A prehistoric fortification constructed on a hill.
n
Alternative spelling of hill-fort [A prehistoric fortification constructed on a hill.]
n
A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice.
n
(historical) The dividing line between Western Europe and the Soviet controlled regions, especially during the Cold War.
n
(architecture, Russian architecture) A fortified, central complex found in various Russian cities.
n
A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
n
(archaeology) The use of multiple defensive ramparts
n
(military) A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.
n
(architecture, countable) A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.
n
(military) A fortification consisting of a wall.
n
(archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
n
A gate in a fortification that is deeply embedded between two inward-angled exterior walls, so that those wishing to enter must approach along what is in effect a sunken road and can be easily attacked if necessary.
n
(obsolete) A defence, rampart or fortress.
n
A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
n
(historical) A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.
n
A defensive fortification work in the shape of a V.
n
A layer of stone, concrete, or other hard material supporting the side of an embankment.
n
An ancient circular fortification of earth or stone, found especially in Ireland.
n
Alternative form of risbank [(military, historical) A piece of ground upon which a fort is constructed to defend a post.]
n
(military, historical) A piece of ground upon which a fort is constructed to defend a post.
n
(architecture) An arch built in the body of a wall to relieve the pressure, as over a door or window.
n
(military, UK) A stone breastwork; a fortified niche or look-out post.
n
The passage at one end of the great hall of an English medieval house or castle, and separated from it in a timber house by the spere.
n
A temporary fort where siege guns are mounted.
n
(fortifications) A fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles.
n
A place built to withstand attack; a fortress.
n
(military) A work usually in the form of a redan, to enclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.
n
(figuratively) A strong refuge; a defence.
n
A tall, fortified stone building intended for habitation.
n
(historical, military) A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
adj
Alternative form of vallar [Of or relating to a rampart.]
n
A tower built into and forming part of a line of fortification or a fortified city wall.
Note: Concept clusters like the one above are an experimental OneLook
feature. We've grouped words and phrases into thousands of clusters
based on a statistical analysis of how they are used in writing. Some
of the words and concepts may be vulgar or offensive. The names of the
clusters were written automatically and may not precisely describe
every word within the cluster; furthermore, the clusters may be
missing some entries that you'd normally associate with their
names. Click on a word to look it up on OneLook.
Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!
Today's secret word is 8 letters and means "Believable and worthy of trust." Can you find it?