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battlement

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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
battlement [ˈbætəlmənt]
n
(Military / Fortifications) a parapet or wall with indentations or embrasures, originally for shooting through
[from Old French batailles, plural of bataille battle]
battlemented  adj
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Noun1.battlement - a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or gunsbattlement - a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
crenelation, crenellation
crenel, crenelle - a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
fortress, fort - a fortified defensive structure
merlon - a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement
bulwark, rampart, wall - an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
battlement
noun rampart, wall, defence, fence, fort, barricade, stronghold, barbican, bastion, embankment, parapet, fortification, bulwark, earthwork, breastwork, bartizan, crenellation Guns could also be seen behind the battlements of the fort itself.
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Then Sarpedon seized the battlement in his strong hands, and tugged at it till it all gave way together, and a breach was made through which many might pass.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
All day long he was running towers up, taking towers down, adding a wing here, putting on a battlement there, looking to the walls, strengthening the defences, giving ornamental touches to the interior, making in all respects a superb castle of it.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
Let us ascend this battlement, and throw our eyes upon the town and neighboring country.
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