battlement

American  

[bat-l-muhnt] / ˈbæt l mənt /

noun

1. Often battlements. a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation.

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battlement British  

/ ˈbætəlmənt /

noun

1. a parapet or wall with indentations or embrasures, originally for shooting through

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Other Word Forms

• battlemented adjective

Etymology

Origin of battlement

1275–1325; Middle English batelment < Middle French bataille battlement; -ment

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.

From BBC

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.

From Seattle Times

"Tomorrow they become our battlements. To wait until abortion was actually under threat would be to wait too long."

From BBC

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.

From BBC

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.

From Seattle Times