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Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) The Bastille, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison..

Oubliette :: Oubliette (n.) A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall..

Base-court :: Base-court (n.) The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle..

Castle :: Castle (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back..

Starproof :: Starosty (n.) A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.

Drawbridge :: Drawbridge (n.) A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal..

Castleward :: Castleward (n.) Same as Castleguard.

Castellated :: Castellated (a.) Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle..

Burr :: Burr (n.) A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr..

Peel :: Peel (n.) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep..

Visionary :: Visionary (n.) One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted..

Decadency :: Decadency (n.) A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence..

Fortress :: Fortress (n.) A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security..

Castellan :: Castellan (n.) A governor or warden of a castle.

Gangway :: Gangway (v. i.) That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist..

Bar :: Bar (n.) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.

Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks..

Hold :: Hold (n.) A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.

Bury :: Bury (n.) A manor house; a castle.

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