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battlement
[bat-l-muhnt]
noun
Often battlements. a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation.
battlement
/ ˈæəəԳ /
noun
a parapet or wall with indentations or embrasures, originally for shooting through
Other Word Forms
- battlemented adjective
- ˈٳٱԳٱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of battlement1
Word History and Origins
Origin of battlement1
Example Sentences
Many visitors to Belfast's Titanic Quarter will have noticed the battlements of the Viking village, for instance, built just across the road from the Titanic Studios.
Partly in commemoration of that event, local fishermen put their own stamp on the Good Friday bier procession by lighting fires on the battlements of the Venetian-built fortifications.
"Tomorrow they become our battlements. To wait until abortion was actually under threat would be to wait too long."
The property was built more than 170 years ago in a Scottish baronial style, a type of elaborate architecture featuring complex rooflines with turrets and fortress-like battlements.
His courage is undeniable as he leads from the front, surging up a siege ladder onto a fortress’s battlement, laying about him with his sword.
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