Castle Vocab

A wall with gaps along the top for firing arrows through

• Battlement

• Portcullis

• Screen

• Garderobe

The strongest and tallest place in the castle

• Keep

• Bailey

• Moat

• Gartderobe

A deep ditch around a castle filled with water

• Portcullis

• Motte

• Moat

• Battlement

An extra strong gatehouse

• Bailey

• Garderobe

• Keep

• Barbican

A courtyard in which the buildings stood

• Tower

• Bailey

• Keep

• Motte

A mound of earth on which keeps were built in early Norman castles

• Moat

• Motte

• Portcullis

• Bailey

A tough iron gate

• Battlement

• Portcullis

• Drawbridge

• Garderobe

A huge catapult

• Siege tower

• Tortoise

• Battering ram

• Trebuchet

A covered ladder for climbing walls

• Mangonel

• Siege tower

• Trebuchet

• Underminer

When an army surrounds a castle and waits for the enemy to surrender

• Greek fire

• Stage

• Siege

• Undermine