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Definition of battlement

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Battlement (n.) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.

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Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like..

Murdress :: Murdress (n.) A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.

Crenel :: Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement..

Battlement :: Battlement (n.) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.

Embattail :: Embattail (v. t.) To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements.

Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having indentations like a battlement.

Merlon :: Merlon (n.) One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement. See Illust. of Battlement.

Embattlement :: Embattlement (n.) An intended parapet; a battlement.

Castellated :: Castellated (a.) Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle..

Brattishing :: Brattishing (n.) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet..

Embattlement :: Embattlement (n.) The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of battlements.

Embattle :: Embattle (v. t.) To furnish with battlements.

Battlemented :: Battlemented (a.) Having battlements.

Battlement :: Battlement (n.) pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches..

Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle..