battlement
IPA: bˈætʌɫmʌnt
noun
- In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
- Any high wall for defense.
- (poetic) The towering roof of heaven.
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Examples of "battlement" in Sentences
- Only a battlemented tower remains.
- The top of the tower is battlemented.
- That sought by pride love's battlement.
- At the summit is a battlemented parapet.
- The summit of the tower is battlemented.
- The battlemented belfry shelters a bell.
- Where are the battlements and the fortifications
- It was a small fortress with battlements and a drawbridge.
- Crow climbed a rope strung to the battlements of the castle.
- A spacious battlement is provided towards the inner side of the fortification.
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