arrowslits

They sat talking for hours on the dusty, twig-littered floor, one or other of them getting up from time to time to cast a glance through the arrowslits and make sure that no one was coming.

Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

They sat talking for hours on the dusty, twig-littered floor, one or other of them getting up from time to time to cast a glance through the arrowslits and make sure that no one was coming.

Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

Open the gates a little, On Lawn, and actually read the posts, not just the little snatches you seem to be getting through your arrowslits.

Why are only queer rights on the chopping block? 2005

They were true windows rather than arrowslits, but firmly barred with elaborate wrought iron grates.

This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004

"Do you recognize the windows?" asked his father, and Lord Ermenwyr squinted down at the arrowslits far below.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

There must be arrowslits lower down, but he could not make them out in the night.

The Dragon Reborn Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1991

The walls here had two tapestries, mountain scenes with waterfalls, and flower-embroidered curtains alongside the arrowslits.

The Great Hunt Jordan, Robert 1990

He dove behind his stout oaken chair just as the tapestries slithered into heaps, revealing arrowslits cut through the stone walls behind.

Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989

They sat talking for hours on the dusty, twig - littered floor, one or other of them getting up from time to time to cast a glance through the arrowslits and make sure that no one was coming.

Nineteen Eighty-Four 1949

Medieval castles were well-fortified with thick, stone, concentric walls, moats, arrowslits, portcullises, battlements and towers from which molten lead and burning oil would be dumped onto invaders.

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