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| a large beam or log suspended from perpendicular beams. By swinging it, the wall was shaken down or a hole was made through it |
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| Saxon stronghold; a "neighborhood" |
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| steward to a king or a great lord |
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| the jail, usually found in one of the towers |
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| a shield or a small shield-shaped decorative motif |
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| a slender piece of stone used to decorate the tops of the merlons, spire, balustrade, e.t.c. |
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| essentially a military stronghold |
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| an ornamental water-spout |
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| the building in the inner ward that housed the main meeting and dining area for the castle's residence; throne room |
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| a deep trench filled with water that surrounded a castle |
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| a mixture of sand, water, and lime used to bind stones together |
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| a section between the main gate and a inner portcullis where arrows, rocks, and hot oil can be dropped from the roof through holes; only used when outer gate has been breached |
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| the prevailing architectural style (8-12th century) |
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| a tenant on a nobleman's estate below the rank of a knight who owed military service to his lord by reason of the land he held from him |
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| the man responsible for running the day-to-day affairs of the castle in the absence of the lord |
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