Unscramble

b 3 a 1 r 1 b 3 i 1 c 3 a 1 n 1

8 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)

originFrom Old French barbacane, of uncertain origin: compare Arabic بَرْبَخ (barbaḵ, “aqueduct, sewer”), and Persian بابخانه (bâb-xâne, “gatehouse”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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