battlement

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.

battlement

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battlement [ˈbæt^əlmənt]

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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Noun

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battlement - 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"

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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.