Definition of battlement

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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..

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Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having indentations like a battlement.
Embattle :: Embattle (v. t.) To furnish with battlements.
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..
Murdress :: Murdress (n.) A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.
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.
Castellated :: Castellated (a.) Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle..
Merlon :: Merlon (n.) One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement. See Illust. of Battlement.
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..
Embattlement :: Embattlement (n.) An intended parapet; a battlement.
Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like..
Battlemented :: Battlemented (a.) Having battlements.
Battlement :: Battlement (n.) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.
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..
Embattail :: Embattail (v. t.) To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements.
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