barbacane

baʁbakan

Definition

Definition of barbacane - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

fortification

Dated

ouvrage défensif avancé qui protège une porte de château fort

Dated

La barbacane du château protégeait l'entrée principale des assaillants.

ouvrage avancé

meurtrière

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ouverture étroite dans un mur pour tirer ou observer

Dated

Les archers visaient leurs ennemis par les barbacanes du rempart.

archère

meurtrière

drainage

TECH.

ouverture dans un mur pour évacuer l'eau de pluie

TECH.

Les barbacanes du mur de soutènement évacuent l'eau efficacement.

drain

évacuation

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Images of barbacane

ouvrage défensif avancé qui protège une porte de château fort
ouverture étroite dans un mur pour tirer ou observer

Origin of barbacane

français, barbacane (fortification)

Examples of barbacane in a sentence

Des archers étaient postés sur la barbacane lors du siège.
La lumière passait à travers la barbacane de la tour.
Ils observaient discrètement l’ennemi par une barbacane.
La barbacane laisse passer l'eau après la pluie.
On a débouché la barbacane du vieux pont.

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English:barbican, loophole, ...
German:Barbakane, Schießscharte, ...
Italian:barbacane, feritoia, ...
Spanish:barbacana, saetera, ...
Portuguese:barbacã, meurtreira, ...
Chinese:瓮城, 射击孔, ...
Japanese:バルバカン, 狭間, ...
Arabic:بَرْبَخَانَة, مزغل, ...
Hebrew:בַּרְבַּקָּן, חֶרֶךְ, ...
Russian:барбакан, бойница, ...
Ukrainian:барбакан, амбразура, ...
Catalan:barbacana, espitllera, ...
Danish:barbakan, skydeskår, ...
Dutch:barbacane, schietgat, ...
Greek:πύργος άμυνας, πολεμίστρα, ...
Hungarian:barbakán, lőrés, ...
Khmer:ប៉មការពារមុខទ្វារ, ប្រហោងបាញ់, ...
Korean:바르바칸, 사격구, ...
Polish:barbakan, strzelnica, ...
Portuguese (BR):barbacã, seteira, ...
Romanian:barbacană, orificiu de drenaj, ...
Swedish:barbakan, skottglugg, ...
Thai:บาร์บากาน, ช่องยิงธนู, ...
Turkish:barbakan, mazgal, ...
Vietnamese:barbacane, khe bắn, ...

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Definition of barbacane - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

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