battlement

[ bat-l-muhnt ]

/ ˈbæt l mənt /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR battlement ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

Often battlements. a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation.

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

Words nearby battlement

battle group, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, battle jacket, battle lantern, battle line, battlement, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the Bulge, battlepiece, battle plan

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Example sentences from the Web for battlement

The Pepoli Palace has some old brickwork and a Ghibelline battlement of unusually picturesque outline.
Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages|George Edmund Street
The gates clanged in the face of the assault, and again from battlement and flanking tower pelted the storm of death.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
The upper part of each is shown to finish on top with a battlement parapet.
Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901)|Hubert C. Corlette
No one save a guard at the gate and another on the battlement.
Sir Nigel|Arthur Conan Doyle

Then well get the Inca to put on the headphone and give him an earful from the battlement.
The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure|Gerald Breckenridge

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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单词	battlement
释义	battlement [ bat-l-muhnt ] / ˈbæt l mənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR battlement ON THESAURUS.COM noun Often battlements. a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation. 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 Words nearby battlement battle group, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, battle jacket, battle lantern, battle line, battlement, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the Bulge, battlepiece, battle plan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for battlement The Pepoli Palace has some old brickwork and a Ghibelline battlement of unusually picturesque outline. Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages\|George Edmund Street The gates clanged in the face of the assault, and again from battlement and flanking tower pelted the storm of death. God Wills It!\|William Stearns Davis The upper part of each is shown to finish on top with a battlement parapet. Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901)\|Hubert C. Corlette No one save a guard at the gate and another on the battlement. Sir Nigel\|Arthur Conan Doyle Then well get the Inca to put on the headphone and give him an earful from the battlement. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure\|Gerald Breckenridge 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to battlement fortification, escarpment, bastion, rampart, tower, balustrade, embattlement
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battlement

noun

Origin of battlement

OTHER WORDS FROM battlement

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Example sentences from the Web for battlement

British Dictionary definitions for battlement

noun

Derived forms of battlement

Word Origin for battlement

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