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Battlement

Battlement Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Battlement? [n] a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns Synonyms \| Synonyms for Battlement: crenelation \| crenellation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Battlement: abatis \| advanced work \| balistraria \| bank \| banquette \| barbed-wire entanglement \| barbican \| barricade \| barrier \| bartizan \| bastion \| breastwork \| bulwark \| casemate \| castellation \| cheval-de-frise \| circumvallation \| contravallation \| counterscarp \| crenel \| curtain \| demibastion \| dike \| drawbridge \| earthwork \| embrasure \| enclosure \| entanglement \| escarp \| escarpment \| fence \| fieldwork \| fortalice \| fortification \| glacis \| loophole \| lunette \| machicolation \| mantelet \| merlon \| mound \| outwork \| palisade \| parados \| parapet \| portcullis \| postern gate \| rampart \| ravelin \| redan \| redoubt \| sally port \| scarp \| sconce \| stockade \| tenaille \| vallation \| vallum \| work See Also \| bulwark \| crenel \| crenelle \| fort \| fortress \| merlon \| rampart \| wall Battlement In Webster's Dictionary \Bat"tle*ment\ (-ment), n. [OE. batelment; cf. OF. bataillement combat, fr. batailler, also OF. bastillier, bateillier, to fortify. Cf. {Battle}, n., {Bastile}, {Bastion}.] (Arch.) (a) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications. (b) 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.

Battlement Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Battlement?

[n] a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns

Synonyms | Synonyms for Battlement: crenelation | crenellation

Battlement In Webster's Dictionary

\Bat"tle*ment\ (-ment), n. [OE. batelment; cf. OF.
bataillement combat, fr. batailler, also OF. bastillier,
bateillier, to fortify. Cf. {Battle}, n., {Bastile},
{Bastion}.] (Arch.)
   (a) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient
       fortifications.
   (b) 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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