GLOSSARYGLOSSARY Arrow-loop – a narrow vertical window Drawbar – a sliding wooden bar used slit in castle walls through which arrows across a door to bolt it closed could be fired Drawbridge – a bridge, especially one Barbican – the outer defence of a castle over a castle's moat, which is hinged at or walled city, especially a double tower one end so that it may be raised above a gate or drawbridge Fishery – a place where fish are reared Bar-hole – the holes in a wall that held a for selling timber bar across a door, used as a bolt Gallery – a balcony or upper floor Battlements – rectangular gaps in a projecting from an interior back or defensive wall to allow for the discharge side wall of arrows or other missiles Garrison – a group of troops stationed Buttress – a structure of stone or brick in a fortress or town to defend it built against a wall to strengthen or Gatehouse – a room over a city, castle support it or palace gate, some used as a prison or Capons – a cockerel for living quarters Causeway – a raised road or track Guard chamber – a room for a guard across low or wet ground Latrine chute – a sloping channel built Chapel – a small building or room used into a wall to allow waste from the toilet for christian worship within a larger to escape into the moat or stream building such as a castle or school Mortars – a short gun for firing shells at Chevron – a v-shaped line or stripe high angles Constable – the governor of a Moulding – a shaped strip of wood or royal castle other material fitted as a decorative architectural feature Corbels – a projection jutting out from a wall to support a structure above it Murder holes – holes in the roofs of passageways through which missiles and Curtain wall – a fortified wall around liquids were dropped onto attackers a medieval castle, typically one linking towers together Teachers' Activity Pack Goodrich www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn GLOSSARY 1 Pentice – a narrow, sloping extension Siege – a military operation in which of a building's roof, providing cover to a enemy forces surround a town or porch or walkway below building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside Piscina – a stone basin near the altar in to surrender catholic and pre-reformation churches for draining water used in the mass Slighted – destroy (a fortification) Portcullis – a heavy wooden or iron Spur buttresses – a triangular buttress grille protecting an entrance to used to strengthen the bottom of a the castle round tower (giving it a square base) Regent – a person appointed to run a String course – a raised horizontal band country or state because the monarch is or course of bricks on a building too young, or is absent or incapacitated Turret – a small tower (ill or injured) Two-light windows – window of two Rounded arch – an arch formed in lights (holes) separated by a mullion a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle Winch – a lifting device consisting of a rope or chain winding round a horizontal Sedile – a stone seat for clergy in the rotating drum, turned by a crank south chancel wall of a church, often canopied and decorated Teachers' Activity Pack Goodrich www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn GLOSSARY 2.