battlement
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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.
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battlement (ˈbætəlmənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a parapet or wall with indentations or embrasures, originally for shooting through | |
| [C14: from Old French batailles, plural of bataille | |
| 'battlemented | |
| —adj | |
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Battlement
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
battlement
early 14c., from O.Fr. bataillement, earlier bastillement "fortification," from bastillier "to fortify, to equip with battlements," from bastille "fortress, tower" (see bastion). The raised parts are cops or merlons; the indentations are embrasures or crenelles.
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Battlement definition
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.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
The tower's second story has a stone-carved bay window topped by a battlement which also marks the tower's roof line.
Take the spiral staircase to the roof of the battlement tower for an incomparable view of city.
Curiosity a place to live, a battlement, a universe.
The towers rise in five sections from the base, at ground level, with battlement pillars.
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