battlement

[ bat-l-muhnt ]

/ ˈbæt l mənt /

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noun

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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Also called embattlement.

Origin of battlement

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

OTHER WORDS FROM battlement

bat·tle·ment·ed

[bat-l-men-tid], /ˈbæt lˌmɛn tɪd/, adjective

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How to use battlement in a sentence

While the ghost of default stalks the battlements, he dithers and spouts soliloquies.
To Be or Not To Be…A Loser: Boehner’s Hamlet Moment|Joe McLean|October 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Underneath the broad terrace, from which troops could defend the battlements, stood a row of storerooms and go-downs.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The walls of the castle are wonderfully complete, every tower and turret retaining its old-time battlements.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
The pleasant green hills gave place to imprisoning mesas, with red sides that looked like battlements.
Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman

He scrambled back to the road and walked onward a little faster, until the battlements of Lagash came in sight.
Insidekick|Jesse Franklin Bone
They are composed of free-stone, are flanked at regular distances with square towers, and surmounted with battlements.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

British Dictionary definitions for battlement

battlement

/ (ˈbætəlmənt) /

noun

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

Derived forms of battlement

battlemented, adjective

Word Origin for battlement

C14: from Old French batailles, plural of bataille battle

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