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Gatehouse
A building forming the gate of a castle , generally encompassing a narrow passageway with several gates. Often the gatehouses were fitted with arrow-slits, murder-holes, or other ingenious defensive devices designed to wreck havoc upon the besiegers as they attempted to storm the gates. Some gatehouses held lodgings for guards with rooms for officers above and prisoners below.
strong multi-storeyed structure containing a fortified gate.
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AAGRA
| AG
| AGRA
| ALAA
| APG
| Abbey
| Abbot
| Accolade
| Accoutrement
| Acre
| Admiral
| Adoubement
| | Adventurous Sh... | Agincourt, Bat... | Aiguilette
| | Ailettes, aile... | Aketon,acton,a... | Albion
| Albuquerque
| Alexander
| Alexandre, Ro... | Alexiad
| Alleron
| Allure
| Almain
| Almerie
| Almoner
| Alms
| Alms House
| Ambler
| Amorette
| Ancestral File
| Anneal
| Anoint
| Antioch, Battl... | Anueal
| Appatis
| Apprentice
| Arbalest
| Arbalestier
| Arch-Duke
| Archer
| Argent
| Arm Harness
| Arm Harness-Co... | Arm, defense of
| Arma Patrina
| Armbrust
| | Armed at all p... | Armed to all r... | Armet (à rond... | Armiger
| Arming Cap
| Arming Coat
| Arming Nail
| Arming Points
| Arming Squire
| Armorica
| Armory
| Armour (Armor)
| | Armour, as ins... | Armour, buying
| Armour, collec... | | Armour, decora... | Armour, techni... | Armour, weight... | | Armour,collect... | Armourer (Armo... | Armourer's Mark
| | Armourer, art ... | Arms
| Arpent
| Arrière-Guard
| Arrow-slit
| Arsouf, Battle... | | Art of Courtly... | Articulation
| Artillator
| Artillery
| Arçon
| Ascalon, Battl... | | Ash, as a mate... | Assassins
| Association of... | | Association of... | Atilliator
| Atteint
| Avalon, Isle of
| Avant-Guard
| Aventail
| Azure
| abbasi
| abbey
| abbot abbess
| abstract
| abutment
| aclys
| adarga
| administration
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