Castle Terminology

Phyllis

Terminology associated with a medieval castle.

p a m e p r t r r g a t e h o u s e e n r

l i l l a h t a e r g l e p l r s i s r a

o e n d r a y t r u o c o l r i i r c a c

o g b i s k r o w h t r a e y y r e a y w

p i u r a l w n g l t w v e e t t e l i o

h e g a o l a o r c s e g w a l l w a l k

o d r r o c l f u s t d a l o c i b d d d

l a n o i t a l o c i h c a m r p b e r a

e c p b u e l r d r a w b r i d g e u a n

n r r p d i c u b t e p a r a p u m h w o

c a u o s m o g a o u b l i e t t e s r i

b e i s c v n l a v o r u i a o e t o e t

c u r t a i n w a l l d r i w r b n c n s

a b y e n r r o h c r e n e l a t i o n a

s a t r i r b p l a m b r a t d t e d i b

h r u n f r l m w r l d u r a t i c u s a

l t t g w l t n e m e l t t a b t n n o i

a i g a r d e r o b e m u r t b k e g l l

r z e t o r n b u l k c b r h e s r e a e

o a a e k m u r d e r h o l e w r o o r y

g n i d r a o h u e m o b p e r w y n l r

allure	arcade	arrow loop
ashlar	bailey	barbican
barrel vault	bartizan	bastion
battlement	belfry	brattice
buttery	corbel	courtyard
crenelation	cross wall	curtain wall
cut	drawbridge	drum tower
dungeon	earthworks	embrasure
enceinte	escalade	forebuilding
garderobe	gate house	great hall
hall	hoarding	inner ward
keep	loophole	machicolation
merlon	meurtriere	moat
murder hole	oilette	oriel
oubliette	parapet	pinial
portcullis	postern gate	putlog hole
revet	solar	turning bridge
turret	wall walk	ward

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