Keep (fortaleza) castle
Bailey (muralla exterior) castle's outer wall
Battering ram (ariete) it is a siege engine designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their wooden gates
Ariete: máquina militar que se empleaba antiguamente para
batir murallas, consistente en una viga larga y muy pesada, uno de cuyos
extremos estaba reforzado con una pieza de hierro o bronce, labrada, por lo
común, en forma de cabeza de carnero.
Masonry
(mampostería, sillería)
Mangonel (catapulta)
Drawbridge (Puente levadizo)
Moat (foso)
trench around a castle
Portcullis (verja
levadiza) castle gate that is raised and lowered
Spiral
staircase (escalera caracol)
Machicolation
(matacán) it is a floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement,
through which stones, or other objects, could be dropped on attackers at the
base of a defensive wall
Corbel (ménsula)
wall bracket
Bracket
(soporte)
Battlement
(almena) fortification
Arrow slit
(apertura para flechas) it is a thin vertical aperture in a fortification through which an archer
can launch arrows
Slit
(fisura)
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