Wikipedia emphasizes the fortified nature of barbicans, which I suppose answers my question - regarding whether this word applied to the towers on more modern drawbridges over American waterways - in the negative.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Today's word
barbican /BAR-bih-kun/ - an outer defensive work; especially : a tower at a gate or bridge
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