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Battlemented

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bat·tle·ment  (btl-mnt)
n.
A notched parapet built on top of a wall, with alternating merlons and crenels for decoration or defense. Also called embattlement.
[Middle English batelment, alteration (influenced by batel, battle) of Old French batillement, tower, turret, from bastille; see bastille.]
battle·mented (-mntd) adj.
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battlement
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Adj.1.battlemented - protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through
protected - kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss; "the most protected spot I could find"
2.battlemented - having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"
castellated, castled, embattled
fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"


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Then the clustered brown towers perched on the green hilltop, and the old battlemented stone wall, stretching up and over the grassy ridge and disappearing in the leafy sea beyond, make a picture whose grace and beauty entirely satisfy the eye.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
On its summit stood clumps and stretches of fir-trees, whose notched tips appeared like battlemented towers crowning black-fronted castles of enchantment.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
From my seat I could look down on Thornfield: the grey and battlemented hall was the principal object in the vale below me; its woods and dark rookery rose against the west.
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