Synonyms:
keep, donjon, dungeon
Meaning: the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
Usage examples
We come your dungeon walls to raze, your citadel to spoil!
Fearing an increase of tortures if he were captured, he thought of returning to his dungeon.
And the Doctor with all his animals ran as fast as they could down to the seashore; while Bumpo leaned against the wall of the empty dungeon, smiling after them happily, his big face shining like polished ivory in the light of the moon.
She then told the young man what had become of his brother, and he went down into the dungeon, and brought up his body and the bodies of the other victims who lay there, and when they were all washed in the magic water their strength was restored to them.