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| Often, battlements. a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation. |
bat·tle·ment (bāt'l-mənt)  (click for larger image in new window) n. A notched parapet built on top of a wall, with alternating merlons and crenels for decoration or defense. Also called embattlement. [Middle English batelment, alteration (influenced by batel, battle) of Old French batillement, tower, turret, from bastille; see bastille.] bat'tle·ment'ed (-měn'tĭd) adj. |
Battlement
a parapet wall or balustrade surrounding the flat roofs of the houses, required to be built by a special law (Deut. 22:8). In Jer. 5:10, it denotes the parapet of a city wall.