barbican vs picket fence

barbican

noun
  • A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes. 

  • An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot. 

  • A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town 

  • A fortress at the end of a bridge. 

picket fence

noun
  • A simple fence made from wooden pickets, connected by horizontal bars. 

  • A series of spaced perpendicular striations that occasionally occur in aurorae. 

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