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OCR: Drawbridge quickly tilted the inner end of 11 peace time the the bridge lowering it into drawbriage 51AM left deep pit few castles used the down and spanned the pit as booby trap When water -filled moat 2but when unwanted visitors were standing danaer threatened the castle over the inner end ofthe guard raised the drawbridge drawbridge the castle garrison closing the gateway and leaving released trapdoor that hurled the open moat as an obstacle to the aggressors into the attackers The drawbridge SIAM also sometimes called the Barbican turning bridge because tn some defensive outbuilding castles worked like see- MD5- calleda barbican was and turned ona pivot near the somet times built in centre he inner end of the front of the gate house toguar bridge was heavier and access to1 Its entrance ...