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  • Gerbert emerged from the forebuilding where he had been having last words with the captain of the garrison.

    The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

  • A solitary figure emerged from the forebuilding and walked towards the waiting train of soldiers and baggage beasts.

    The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

  • She hurried through the gloomy great hall, where the freeborn servants were long since asleep on their pallets, down the staircase to the forebuilding, which was guarded but not locked, and out into the torchlit inner ward.

    Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

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  • Projecting defensive work that screens the entrance of a keep or other structure from direct attack.

    August 25, 2008