embattlement

[ em-bat-l-muhnt ]

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noun

battlement.

Origin of embattlement

¹

First recorded in 1400–1450, embattlement is from the late Middle English word embatailment.See embattle², -ment

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How to use embattlement in a sentence

In the end, Kibbe returns to his roots—his personal sense of embattlement.
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Peyton glanced around him at this compact feminine embattlement.
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