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What (who) is Barbican - definition
FORTIFIED OUTPOST OR GATEWAY
Barbacan; Barbakan
![Barbican]] in [[Kraków]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbakan Krakow z ulicy Basztowej 2.jpg?width=200 "Barbican]] in [[Kraków]]")
![The barbican of the White Tower in [[Nuremberg]] (reconstruction)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nürnberg, Stadtbefestigung, Weißer Turm-20160810-001.jpg?width=200 "The barbican of the White Tower in [[Nuremberg]] (reconstruction)")
barbican
['b?:b?k(?)n]
¦ noun the outer defence of a city or castle, especially a double tower above a gate or drawbridge.
Origin
ME: from OFr. barbacane; prob. based on Arab.
Barbican
·noun ·Alt. of Barbacan.
Barbican
A barbican (from ) is a fortified outpost or fortified gateway, such as at an outer defense perimeter of a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes.
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Barbican
A barbican (from Old French: barbacane) is a fortified outpost or fortified gateway, such as at an outer defense perimeter of a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes.
Examples of use of Barbican
1. Our adventures with Tintin To the Barbican to see Tintin.
2. Barbican, London EC2 (0845 120 7500), from June 20.
3. Barbican, London EC2 (0845 120 7500), June 17 and 18.
4. John Tusa Director, Barbican Centre High: The Russian pianist Arkady Volodos at the Verbier festival.
5. On Sunday, this protege of Leonard Bernstein will conduct the LSO in a performance of his Mass at the Barbican.