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Architectural fortification element
A flanking tower is a fortified tower that is sited on the outside of a defensive wall or other fortified structure and thus forms a flank. From the defensive
Flanking_tower
Defensive structure used in fortifications
media related to Defense towers. Flanking tower Gate tower Half tower Martello tower Scottish Broch Tower house Witch tower Shell keep Kennedy (2000)
Fortified_tower
Structure with height greater than width
Smog tower Spire Tower house Twin towers (architecture) World's tallest structures Battery tower Bergfried Breaching tower Butter-churn tower Flanking tower
Tower
Air defense towers used by Nazi Germany
Flak towers (German: Flaktürme) were large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed by Nazi Germany. "Flak" is short for anti-aircraft
Flak_tower
Outward structure of a fortification
two flanks, with fire from the flanks being able to protect the curtain wall and the adjacent bastions. Compared with the medieval fortified towers they
Bastion
Fortified tower built in the Middle Ages
the same castle. The classic Edwardian gatehouse, with two large, flanking towers and multiple portcullises, designed to be defended from attacks both
Keep
Castle that is largely defended by water
that in French "château d'eau [fr]", literally 'water castle', means water tower. Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers Château de Pirou
Water_castle
Small medieval fortified keep or tower house
Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North
Peel_tower
Type of fortification
while the inner wall and the projecting towers provided flanking fire from crossbows. Also, the strong towers may have served as platforms for trebuchets
Concentric_castle
Type of moveable bridge
resisted with missiles from machicolations above or arrow slits in flanking towers. The bridge would be raised or lowered using ropes or chains attached
Drawbridge
Type of stone structure, built for defensive and habitation purposes
A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation. Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages
Tower_house
Small defensive fort
A Martello tower is a type of small defensive fort that was built across the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the French Revolutionary
Martello_tower
Type of fortification
watchtower or guardtower (also spelled watch tower, guard tower) is a type of military/paramilitary or policiary tower used for guarding an area. Sometimes fortified
Watchtower
Central military fortification of a town
Likewise, Russian literature often refers to the turret of a tank as the 'tower'. The safe room on a ship is also called a citadel. List of citadels Acropolis
Citadel
Auxiliary defensive structure outside a larger fort
tour-reduits were also built. These were redoubts built in the form of a tower, with rows of musketry loopholes. Three were around Marsaxlokk Bay, and
Redoubt
Heavy vertically-closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications
trapped group of attackers. In England, working portcullises survive at the Tower of London, Monk Bar in York, Hever Castle in Kent, and the hotel conversion
Portcullis
Castle ruin in Austria
building complex, an almost square flanking tower protrudes from the southern wall. The north-western corner and the tower's raised walls were rebuilt and
Burg_Klingenstein
Enclosure of palisades and tall walls made of logs
useful for privacy fencing and more decoration than security. Security fence Tower and stockade, Zionist settlement form during the 1930s Arab revolt in Palestine
Stockade
bulk the entire North-east side of the citadel fortification. It is a flanking tower stuck to the wall of the fortress. At the top there are two defence
Ironsmiths'_Tower
Fortified structure
castle defence emerged. This led to the proliferation of towers, with an emphasis on flanking fire. Many new castles were polygonal or relied on concentric
Castle
Defensive wall between two bastions of a fortification
A curtain wall is a defensive wall between fortified towers or bastions of a castle, fortress, or town. Evidence for curtain walls or a series of walls
Curtain_wall_(fortification)
Type of fortress in Arab or Islamic regions
that "ancient qasaba ("towers") found in the province were used as lookouts or granaries." Another book describes these towers as follows: "Apparently
Kasbah
Early modern fortification style built to withstand cannon fire
Therefore, the shape was designed to make maximum use of enfilade (or flanking) fire against any attackers on the outer edge of the ditch and against
Bastion_fort
15th-century castle in West Cork, Ireland
with a smaller footprint, attached at one corner. The design with a flanking tower is characteristic of West Cork castles, another example is Dunmanus
Kilcoe_Castle
Type of fortification
the short-term use of the garrison. The first known example is the Cow Tower, Norwich, built in 1398, which was of brick and had three storeys with the
Blockhouse
Medieval defensive architectural structure
allowing the tower to be isolated from the wall if the tower were to be occupied by attacking forces. North of the Iberian peninsula, flanking towers usually
Albarrana_tower
Parapet in which gaps or indentations occur at intervals
on walls protect a walkway, the chemin de ronde, running behind them; on towers or buildings the roof itself typically serves as a sheltered fighting platform
Battlement
Secured forward military position
advanced FOBs include an assembly of berms, concrete barriers, gates, guard towers, pillboxes and bunkers and other force protection infrastructure. They are
Forward_operating_base
Entry control building
East Riding of Yorkshire, which has three storeys and is flanked by great octagonal towers at the angles. Hylton Castle, Hylton, Sunderland, although
Gatehouse
Fortified structure
at Kronstadt were unsuccessful, while a casemated gun tower at Sevastopol, the Malakoff Tower, could only be captured by a surprise French infantry attack
Casemate
Small tower that projects vertically from a building's wall; often a fortification
the small towers built atop larger tower structures. The word turret originated in around the year 1300 from touret which meant "small tower rising from
Turret_(architecture)
Fortified outpost or gateway
gateway, such as at an outer defense perimeter of a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes. Medieval
Barbican
Medieval fortification
existed for building a mound and a tower: the mound could either be built first, and a tower placed on top of it; the tower could alternatively be built on
Motte-and-bailey_castle
Strongly fortified enclosure at the heart of a medieval castle
that were the first to be built during its construction. It often has flanking towers that enabled grazing fire to be brought to bear in front of the curtain
Inner_bailey
Defensive military storage fortification
reinforcing ordinary buildings. Bunkers were of two types: underground and tower" (Morale Division (1945). The effect of bombing on health and medical care
Bunker
Hole in the ceiling of a gateway or passageway
threshold, but over the entry way to an interior room.[citation needed] In tower houses, often considered aetiologically to be small castles, the most common
Murder_hole
15th-17th century mobile fortification
and it was understood not only as a type of wagon-fort, but also as siege towers. Later, this term could cover mobile barriers like the cheval de frise.
Gulyay-gorod
Castle in Dieppe, France
composed of a quadrangular enclosure with round flanking towers and a lower court adjacent. The large west tower dates perhaps from the 14th century, and served
Château_de_Dieppe
Residential and commercial complex in central Beijing, China
It is a three-towered structure with the central tower rising 250 m high and the two flanking towers about 186 m. The central tower consists of Park
Beijing_Yintai_Centre
Secondary door or gate in a fortification
posterns; at North Street Tower, the postern gate was demolished to accommodate the Great North of England Railway. The tower still stands. There were
Postern
Type of fortified tower
main tower was almost pointless. The bergfrieds of 12th and 13th century castles were originally surrounded only by simple defensive walls. Flanking towers
Bergfried
Triangular fortification
possible so that they fully covered the courtine and the flanks of the bastions and could place a flanking fire in front of the bastion tops. In the following
Ravelin
Tower that was part of a medieval town wall or castle
Witch tower or Witches' Tower (German: Hexenturm) is a common name or description in English and other European languages for a tower that was part of
Witch_tower
Castle in London, England
Salt, Lanthorn, Wakefield, and the Bloody Tower. While these towers provided positions from which flanking fire could be deployed against a potential
Tower_of_London
Protective slope built into a fortification
front of the curtain walls and bastions (towers) to absorb the impact of cannon shots, or to deflect them. Towers were lowered to the same height as the
Glacis
Historic church in Rome, Italy
eight columns and a broken pediment over the entrance. He designed the flanking towers as single storey, above which there was to be a complex arrangement
Sant'Agnese_in_Agone
Weapon that automatically aims and fires at targets
dead link] Shachtman, Noah. "Israeli "Auto Kill Zone" Towers Locked and Loaded". WIRED. Retrieved July 30, 2018. Alston, Philip (2012)
Sentry_gun
City gate in Munich, Germany
distinctive central tower gate (typical of the Munich city gates of the time). In 1420 that was supplemented by the two flanking towers, which were required
Sendlinger_Tor
Outwork fortification
originally an outwork of half-moon shape; later it became a redan with short flanks, in trace somewhat resembling a bastion standing by itself without curtains
Lunette_(fortification)
Feature in fortifications
developed from the lunette, originally a half-moon-shaped outwork; with shorter flanks it became a redan. Redans were a common feature in the coastal batteries
Redan
Defensive tower
A battery tower was a defensive tower built into the outermost defences of many castles and town walls, from the 15th century, after the advent of firearms
Battery_tower
Japanese architectural element
Yagura (櫓, 矢倉) is the Japanese word for "tower", "turret", "keep", or "scaffold". The word is most often seen in reference to structures in Japanese castle
Yagura_(tower)
notches and its towers. The original walls were likely a simple wooden fence with guard towers built in 1156. The Kremlin is flanked by 19 towers with a 20th
List_of_Moscow_Kremlin_towers
Major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities
considered a kremlin) Vyazma Kremlin (one tower) Syzran Kremlin (one tower, 1683) Ufa Vladimir Kremlin (Tower Golden Gate and bank) Dmitrov Ryazan Vologda
Kremlin_(fortification)
Historic church in Virginia, United States
It features a tall, eight-level corner tower with a multiplicity of window types and a shorter flanking tower at the opposite corner. Construction began
First Baptist Church (Norfolk, Virginia)
First_Baptist_Church_(Norfolk,_Virginia)
Fortification used to protect an area from potential aggressors
The city was fortified with six city gates with each gate flanked by massive brick towers. In other areas of Southeast Asia, city walls spread in the
Defensive_wall
Temporary military fortified position
elevated sangar and may be indistinguishable from what is commonly termed a tower. List of established military terms 'Afridi Picket near to Jumrood', 1878
Sangar_(fortification)
Semi-permanent facility for the lodging of an army
camps, including Tidworth Camp, Blandford Camp, Bulford Camp, and Devil's Tower Camp of the British Army; and Camp Lejeune and Camp Geiger of the United
Military_camp
Hill castle in Bavaria, Germany
and east the mighty zwinger systems were built with a semi-circular flanking tower in the far northeast. Access to the castle site today is through the
Hohenfreyberg_Castle
Fortified yard in a medieval castle
if in line they may form an outer and middle bailey. On the other hand, tower houses lack an enclosed bailey. The most important and prestigious buildings
Bailey_(castle)
Style of medieval fortification
counted 21 shell keeps in England and Wales. Examples include the Round Tower at Windsor Castle and the majority were built in the 11th and 12th centuries
Shell_keep
House in East Horsley, Surrey
enveloped with a great hall, built by Lovelace in 1849, and by even larger flanking towers, in Romanesque and Rhenish styles, and a chapel, all dating from 1859
Horsley_Towers
Former fort in Punjab, Pakistan
(2 km) in circumference. The fort had 46 bastions which included two flanking towers at each of the four gates (the De, Sikki, Hareri and Khizri Gates)
Multan_Fort
Fortification element
an element of the Italian bastion system of fortification. Its face is flanked with a pair of half-bastions. It is distinguished from a crownwork, because
Hornwork
Small tower or aqueduct tank in ancient Rome
Castellum A castellum in Latin is usually: a small Roman fortlet or tower, a diminutive of castrum ('military camp'), often used as a watchtower or signal
Castellum
United States historic place
columns. Flanking these entrances are three-story round towers. Centered over the entrance is a wall dormer, which is surmounted by the clock tower. The clock
Jasper County Courthouse (Indiana)
Jasper_County_Courthouse_(Indiana)
Fortifications built during the middle ages
turn were modified to suit new tactics, weapons, and siege techniques. Towers of medieval castles were usually made of stone, wood or a combination of
Medieval_fortification
Type of fortification structure
the simpler polygonal style, the term was sometimes used to describe the flanking positions set at the corners of the ditch that provide the same function
Caponier
Castle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
storeys, walls of about 1.5 metres thick, four corner turrets and a flanking tower at the northeast side with an entrance and stone spiral stairs. Originally
Ballygally_Castle
Defensive towers built at the corners of castles or fortresse
towers are fortified towers built at the corners of castles or fortresses. Two ideas have been advanced about the purpose or value of corner towers in
Corner_tower
Gatehouse in Canterbury, Kent, England
still passes between its drum towers. This scheduled monument and Grade I listed building houses the West Gate Towers Museum as well as a series of historically
Westgate,_Canterbury
Fortresses constructed primarily by stone or wood in earlier Japanese history
(main keep) was used as a storehouse in times of peace and as a fortified tower in times of war, and the daimyo (feudal lords)'s government offices and
Japanese_castle
Military defensive construction
screening one of the curtain walls which is protected from flanking fire from the towers of the main part of the fort. Another example is the fortifications
Fortification
Main defensive enclosure of a fortification
wall towers and curtain walls enclosing the position. For a settlement, it would refer to the main town wall with its associated gatehouses, towers, and
Enceinte
Type of fortification
Coercion castle Concentric castle Corner tower Counter-castle Curtain Drawbridge Enceinte Embrasure Flanking tower Fortified buildings (church, house, Dzong)
Outwork
Measures to protect against a military attack by a coastline
accommodation. The seventh platform, set further out than the gun towers, was the searchlight tower. In Colonial times the Spanish Empire diverted significant
Coastal defence and fortification
Coastal_defence_and_fortification
Type of medieval fortification
A tower castle is a small castle that mainly consists of a fortified tower or a tower-like structure that is built on natural ground. It is thus different
Tower_castle
Early warning soldier or military unit
named for a local geographic feature. The Gardjola is a prominent guard tower on Maltese forts in Malta and an example of a vedette. It may be referred
Vedette_(sentry)
Small fortification
rooms, storehouses for provisions, a watch tower used to signal in the case of an invasion, four to eight towers, and a mosque in large ribats. These institutions
Ribat
Castle in Shropshire, England
foundations are still present and the remains of a 13th-century semicircular flanking tower are incorporated into a farmhouse. Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David
Holdgate_Castle
Castle on a spur
position or may have integrated further features such as shield walls and towers into the defences. In addition castle builders may have improved the natural
Spur_castle
Hill castle built on a summit
of such a strategically selected site was its inaccessibility. The steep flanks of the hill made assaults on the castle difficult or, depending on the terrain
Hilltop_castle
Enclosure castle in County Louth, Ireland
thick. The curtain wall in the west wing had a gate house and a square flanking tower. The curtain wall also contains deep embrasures with narrow arrowslits
King John's Castle (Carlingford)
King_John's_Castle_(Carlingford)
Communications and observation tower in Seoul, South Korea
Seoul Tower (Korean: 남산 서울 타워), also known as the YTN Seoul Tower, Namsan Tower, Seoul Tower or N Seoul Tower, is a communication and observation tower located
Namsan_Seoul_Tower
Coastal defence structure
A fire control tower is a structure located near the coastline, used to detect and locate enemy vessels offshore, direct fire upon them from coastal batteries
Fire_control_tower
Type of medieval residence
America, including forts, stations and fortified homesteads Manor house Tower house Bur, Michel [fr] (1986). "La maison forte au Moyen Age" (in French)
Fortified_house
Castle in Javier, Spain
surround rooms. In the 13th century, two polygonal bodies and two flanking towers were added in all four cardinal directions. In the 1890s the castle
Castle_of_Xavier
Temporary wooden defensive structures
Some medieval hoardings have survived, including examples on the north tower of Stokesay Castle, England, and the keep of Laval, France. The Château
Hoarding_(castle)
Uppermost defensive platform of an ancient or medieval gateway, tower
is the uppermost defensive platform of an ancient or medieval gateway, tower (such as the fighting platform on a bergfried) and breteche. The fighting
Fighting_platform
Type of fortification
loopholes for small arms, compensating for the loss of the bastions with their flanking fire. Montalembert argued that the three elements, would provide long-range
Polygonal_fort
Fortified tower at a major gateway
A gate tower is a tower built over or next to a major gateway. Usually it is part of a medieval fortification. This may be a town or city wall, fortress
Gate_tower
Church in Cologne, Germany
western flanking tower resulted in the destruction of it and a nearby chapel in 1527. The chapel would later be torn down, and neither it nor the tower was
Great St. Martin Church, Cologne
Great_St._Martin_Church,_Cologne
Type of Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure in Scotland
the English isles, there is now little doubt that the hollow-walled broch tower first developed in what is now Scotland. The first brochs may have been
Broch
Developments from late 14th to early 16th century
The castle concentrated its defences on isolated points (towers), but allowed only limited flank coverage of the walls. The defenders fired vertically downwards
Transition from the Medieval Castle to the Early Modern Fortress
Transition_from_the_Medieval_Castle_to_the_Early_Modern_Fortress
Hindu temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia
brick towers in a north-south row, facing to the east, and standing on a laterite platform. The central tower contained a linga; the flanking towers reach
Prasat_Bei
Archaeological site in Peru
buildings which mostly still remain today. However, the temple and the two flanking towers were dismantled during the Spanish rule. What remains of Muyuq Marka
Muyuq_Marka
Medieval fortress in Gwynedd, Wales
are several polygonal towers from which flanking fire could be deployed. There were battlements on the tops of walls and towers, and along the southern
Caernarfon_Castle
Small turret projecting from the top of towers or parapets
the new Town House, built in 1868–74, incorporates bartizans in the West Tower. Guarita at Fortaleza de Santiago, Sesimbra Municipality, Portugal Gardjola
Bartizan
Type of castle architectural element
Inside view of the Citadel of Damascus; twin bretèches project from each tower overseeing a section of the curtain wall Bretèches protecting the door and
Bretèche
Castle in Occitania, France
originally crossed the moat, covered by two towers with a third flanking tower. The drawbridge and the two towers were destroyed in 1793 during the French
Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux
Château_de_Castelnau-Bretenoux
FLANKING TOWER
FLANKING TOWER
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Planing
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Flaming
Girl/Female
Tamil
Planning
Girl/Female
Tamil
Flashing
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : patronymic from the personal name Lans (Germanic Lanzo).English : habitational name from Lancing in West Sussex, so named from an Old English personal name Wlanc + -ingas ‘family or followers of’.This was the most frequent name in New Netherland in the 17th century. Among others, Gerrit Frederickse Lansing and his wife, Elizabeth Hendrix, came to America with their European-born children during the late 1640s. There is a waterway near Utica, NY called Lansingkill, named for a family with this surname.
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Flashing
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Lanning.
Girl/Female
Greek
Flaming.
Girl/Female
Indian, Traditional
Meaning; Thanking
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Flashing; Brilliant
Surname or Lastname
English (Dorset and Somerset)
English (Dorset and Somerset) : unexplained.Dutch : patronymic from a short form of the personal name Julianus (see Julian).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Blanton.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Thanking
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Thanking
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Planning
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Flashing
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, Malaysian, Muslim
Thankfulness; Thanking
Female
Chinese
blue glitter, or blue quartz.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fenning.
FLANKING TOWER
FLANKING TOWER
Female
Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of French Jeanne, SÃŒNE means "God is gracious."
Girl/Female
Indian
Sweet
Girl/Female
Muslim
Shining flower
Boy/Male
Hindu
Efficient, Capable
Girl/Female
Hindu
Good minded
Girl/Female
Tamil
Mukulita | à®®à¯à®•à¯à®²à®¾ , à®®à¯à®•à¯à®²à®¿à®¤à®¾
Bud
Boy/Male
Biblical
Father of the wall; father of uprightness.
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Indian, Muslim
Red / Blue Eye
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Sight; Love
Girl/Female
Tamil
Tarakini | தாராகிநீ
Starry night
FLANKING TOWER
FLANKING TOWER
FLANKING TOWER
FLANKING TOWER
FLANKING TOWER
n.
The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel.
n.
A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Plank
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Flank
n.
The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Flunk
a.
Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.
n.
An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Flake
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Clank
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Blank
v. t.
The inner planking of a vessel.
a.
Lacking bile.
a.
That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light.
n.
A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
v. t.
Double planking of a ship's side.
a.
Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Frank
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Flange
n.
See Landing waiter, under Landing, a.