1. allure – walkway along the top of a wall:
also known as the wallwalk, it is the path
running behind the parapet at the top of a
wall or tower
12.drawbridge - a heavy timber
platform built to span a moat between a
gatehouse and surrounding land that
could be raised when required to block
an entrance
2. arch -can be round-headed, pointed, twocentered, or drop; ogee: pointed with double
curved sides, upper arcs lower concave;
lancet: pointed formed on an acute-angle
triangle; depressed: flattened or elliptical;
corbelled: triangular, peaked, each stone set a
little further in until they meet, with a large
capstone
13.gallery - long passage or room.
3. aumbry - recess (cupboard) to hold sacred
14.garderobe - a small latrine or toilet
vessels; typically in a chapel
4. bailey- the ward or courtyard inside the
castle walls, includes exercise area, parade
ground, emergency corral
5. barbican - the gateway or outworks
defending the drawbridge. The outwork is
usually circular and separated from the rest of
the fortress by a moat protecting the main
accesses. It forms a filter between the outside
and inside of the fortress and serves as a
shield, also called a hornwork
6. battlement - parapet with indentations or
embrasures, with raised portions (merlons)
between; crenelations; a narrow wall built
along the outer edge of the wall walk for
protection against attack
7. buttery - next to the kitchen, a room from
where wine (and other beverages) was
dispensed
8. buttress - projecting stone breastwork
shouldering and strengthening a wall
9. curtain wall - a connecting wall hung
between two towers (or two bastions)
surrounding the bailey
Wooden gallery - wooden outwork
overhanging a curtain wall, a tower, or the
whole of an enceinte; openings in the floor
allowed plunging fire. This gallery was
supported on consoles or corbels or on
beams fixed into putlogholes.
either built into the thickness of the wall or
projected out from it; projects from the
wall as a small, rectangular bartizan (an
overhanging battlemented corner turret,
corbelled out; sometimes as grandiose as
an overhanging gallery; common in
Scotland and France)
15. gate house - the complex of towers,
bridges, and barriers built to protect each
entrance through a castle or town wall
16.great chamber - lord's solar, or bedsitting room (solar: Upper living room,
often over the great hall; the lord's private
living room)
17. hall - principal room or building in
complex
18. moat - a deep trench (in Europe
usually filled with water) that surrounded a
castle
19. murder holes - a section between the
main gate and a inner portcullis where
arrows, rocks, and hot oil can be dropped
from the roof though holes. Provides good
cover for defenders and leaves the attacker
open. Only used when outer gate has been
breached
10. donjon or keep - a strong stone tower;
main tower; donjon; stronghold
20. outer curtain - the wall that encloses
the outer ward
11.dormer - window placed vertically in
sloping roof
21. outer ward- the area around the
outside of and adjacent (right next to) to
the inner curtain
22. parapet - low wall on outer side of
main wall
23. postern gate - a side or less
important gate or (sometimes hidden) door
into a castle; usually for peacetime use by
pedestrians
24. rampart - defensive stone or earth
wall surrounding castle
25. turret - small tower, round or
polygonal; usually a lookout with a spiral
staircase
26. wicket - person-sized door set into the
main gate door
Sources:
http://www.allcrusades.com/CASTLES/
GLOSSARY_OF_CASTLE_TERMS/gl
ossary_of_castle_terms.html#Backtotop
alphabet
http://www.castlesontheweb.com/glossar
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