Gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage.
Roget 717:
defense,
protection,
guard,
ward;
shielding
etc.
v.;
propugnation†,
preservation
etc.
670;
guardianship.
area defense;
site defense.
self-defense,
self-preservation;
resistance
etc.
719.
safeguard
etc.
(safety)
664;
balistraria†;
bunker,
screen
etc.
(shelter)
666;
camouflage
etc.
(concealment)
530;
fortification;
munition,
muniment†;
trench,
foxhole;
bulwark,
fosse†,
moat,
ditch,
entrenchment,
intrenchment†;
kila†;
dike,
dyke;
parapet,
sunk fence,
embankment,
mound,
mole,
bank,
sandbag,
revetment;
earth work,
field-work;
fence,
wall dead wall,
contravallation†;
paling
etc.
(inclosure)
232;
palisade,
haha,
stockade,
stoccado†,
laager†,
sangar†;
barrier,
barricade;
boom;
portcullis,
chevaux de frise [Fr.];
abatis,
abattis†,
abbatis†;
vallum†,
circumvallation†,
battlement,
rampart,
scarp;
escarp†,
counter-scarp;
glacis,
casemate†;
vallation†,
vanfos†.
buttress,
abutment;
shore
etc.
(support)
215.
breastwork,
banquette,
curtain,
mantlet†,
bastion,
redan†,
ravelin†;
vauntmure†;
advance work,
horn work,
outwork;
barbacan†,
barbican;
redoubt;
fort-elage [Fr.],
fort-alice;
lines.
loophole,
machicolation†;
sally port.
hold,
stronghold,
fastness;
asylum
etc.
(refuge)
666;
keep,
donjon,
dungeon,
fortress,
citadel,
capitol,
castle;
tower of strength,
tower of strength;
fort,
barracoon†,
pah†,
sconce,
martello tower†,
peelhouse†,
blockhouse,
rath†;
wooden walls.
[body armor]
bulletproof vest,
armored vest,
buffer,
corner stone,
fender,
apron,
mask,
gauntlet,
thimble,
carapace,
armor,
shield,
buckler,
aegis,
breastplate,
backplate†,
cowcatcher,
face guard,
scutum†,
cuirass,
habergeon†,
mail,
coat of mail,
brigandine†,
hauberk,
lorication†,
helmet,
helm,
bassinet,
salade†,
heaume†,
morion†,
murrion†,
armet†,
cabaset†,
vizor†,
casquetel†,
siege cap,
headpiece,
casque,
pickelhaube,
vambrace†,
shako
etc.
(dress)
225.
bearskin;
panoply;
truncheon
etc.
(weapon)
727.
garrison,
picket,
piquet;
defender,
protector;
guardian
etc.
(safety)
664;
bodyguard,
champion;
knight-errant,
Paladin;
propugner†.
bulletproof window.
hardened site.
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Roget 706:
prevention,
preclusion,
obstruction,
stoppage;
embolus,
embolism [Med.];
infarct [Med.];
interruption,
interception,
interclusion†;
hindrance,
impedition†;
retardment†,
retardation;
embarrassment,
oppilation†;
coarctation†,
stricture,
restriction;
restraint
etc.
751;
inhibition
etc.
761;
blockade
etc.
(closure)
261.
interference,
interposition;
obtrusion;
discouragement,
discountenance.
impediment,
let,
obstacle,
obstruction,
knot,
knag†;
check,
hitch,
contretemps,
screw loose,
grit in the oil.
bar,
stile,
barrier;
[barrier to vehicles]
turnstile,
turnpike;
gate,
portcullis.
beaver dam;
trocha†;
barricade
etc.
(defense)
717;
wall,
dead wall,
sea wall,
levee breakwater,
groyne†;
bulkhead,
block,
buffer;
stopper
etc.
263;
boom,
dam,
weir,
burrock†.
drawback,
objection;
stumbling-block,
stumbling-stone;
lion in the path,
snag;
snags and sawyers.
encumbrance,
incumbrance†;
clog,
skid,
shoe,
spoke;
drag,
drag chain,
drag weight;
stay,
stop;
preventive,
prophylactic;
load,
burden,
fardel†,
onus,
millstone round one's neck,
impedimenta;
dead weight;
lumber,
pack;
nightmare,
Ephialtes†,
incubus,
old man of the sea;
remora.
difficulty
etc.
704;
insuperable
etc.
471;
obstacle;
estoppel [Law];
ill wind;
head wind
etc.
(opposition)
708;
trammel,
tether
etc.
(means of restraint)
752;
hold back,
counterpoise.
[person who hinders]
damper,
wet blanket,
hinderer,
marplot,
killjoy;
party pooper [Coll.];
party crasher,
interloper.
trail of a red herring;
opponent
etc.
710.
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