Definition of battlement in English:

battlement

noun ˈbat(ə)lm(ə)ntˈbædlmənt

usually battlements

1A parapet at the top of a wall, especially of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced squared openings for shooting through.
Example sentencesExamples
- Here, you can see stone cannon balls built into the castle walls, defensive battlements and interior living quarters.
- The form of the minarets, indeed, brings to mind the battlements of Rajput fort rather than the graceful tapering classical Islamic minaret.
- There were massive walls, battlements, towers and huge building units.
- The castle's impressive battlements and tree-shaded gardens offer excellent views over the city and the estuary of the Tagus river.
- Into the side of one slope was lodged a fortress, complete with high walls and battlements.
- She glanced up to the heights of the castle battlements and saw a tall, tawny haired figure upon the uppermost heights.
- I sat in the guard barracks in the outer wall of the castle battlements.
- Others awaited Richard II on the battlements of Chester Castle, or in a glade of Sandiway Forest.
- Its walls, towers and battlements are silhouetted against the sky.
- There lies Minas Tirith, the City of Kings, a vast and elegant city built in seven levels of white stone carved into the hill, each level ringed by a wall with battlements and a gate.
- Small boys attracted to crumbling walls and shaking battlements care nothing for ‘danger’ signs or security fences.
- Her husband altered what was then known as Snape House, turning it into a castle with battlements and a Gothic exterior.
- Seagulls yelped in the distance above the sound of the crashing waves and flew among the turrets and battlements of the dark castle.
- The architecture is Tudor style, complete with turreted parapets, fortified towers, arches and battlements.
- There were battlements along the walls, and seven guards at the gate.
- As I kept up a brisk pace along the battlements of the castle, I sunk into my thoughts and was so absorbed that I didn't hear the footsteps coming up behind me.
- Although the inner courtyard was destroyed in 1809 by Napoleonic troops, the walls and battlements remain intact and are worth the 15-minute climb it takes to reach them.
- Set within five acres of orchard and boasting battlements, parapet walkway, Great Hall and thick stone walls, the tower is perched above Crossford in the beautiful Clyde Valley.
- The bridge is easily spotted since the towers that hold up the cables on each side of the river loom up like the crenellated battlements of an English castle.
- She looked beyond the countless houses to the giant walls topped with battlements and many attaching towers to the dark and wasted dessert plains beyond, her true home.
Synonyms
castellation, parapet, rampart, balustrade, wall, bulwark, barbican, bastion
fortification, breastwork, crenellation, circumvallation, outwork
in ancient Rome vallum
rare bartizan
1. 1.1 A section of roof enclosed by battlements.
  I want to go up on the battlements
  Example sentencesExamples
  Then she mounted the battlement and stood atop the roof, raving.
  The roofs even had battlements, were Diago stood now.

Derivatives

battlemented

adjective ˈbatlməntɪdˈbædlmən(t)əd

As a building, Maison Krug disappoints - just a yard, cellar and offices - and I cast envious glances at other champagne houses in Reims, especially Pommery which is a fantastic Disneyland castle with battlemented walls.
Example sentencesExamples
- Almost immediately this was surrounded by a lower battery providing fourteen further gun positions, while about 1550 a battlemented entrance block was built containing the governor's lodgings.
- Those bastions were garrisoned, as was the battlemented traverse work cut to overhang the full width of the gate.
- A huge fireplace, painted in Italian style, dominates one wall and a glazed door leads on to a modern battlemented terrace looking on to the lake.
- Its red, white and blue uprights support a span depicting Derry's gates with a battlemented head topped by a crown.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French bataillier 'fortify with movable defence turrets', possibly related to battle.

Definition of battlement in US English:

battlement

nounˈbadlməntˈbædlmənt

usually battlements

1A parapet at the top of a wall, especially of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced squared openings for shooting through.
Example sentencesExamples
- I sat in the guard barracks in the outer wall of the castle battlements.
- She glanced up to the heights of the castle battlements and saw a tall, tawny haired figure upon the uppermost heights.
- Seagulls yelped in the distance above the sound of the crashing waves and flew among the turrets and battlements of the dark castle.
- The castle's impressive battlements and tree-shaded gardens offer excellent views over the city and the estuary of the Tagus river.
- Although the inner courtyard was destroyed in 1809 by Napoleonic troops, the walls and battlements remain intact and are worth the 15-minute climb it takes to reach them.
- The architecture is Tudor style, complete with turreted parapets, fortified towers, arches and battlements.
- There were battlements along the walls, and seven guards at the gate.
- Small boys attracted to crumbling walls and shaking battlements care nothing for ‘danger’ signs or security fences.
- The form of the minarets, indeed, brings to mind the battlements of Rajput fort rather than the graceful tapering classical Islamic minaret.
- Her husband altered what was then known as Snape House, turning it into a castle with battlements and a Gothic exterior.
- There lies Minas Tirith, the City of Kings, a vast and elegant city built in seven levels of white stone carved into the hill, each level ringed by a wall with battlements and a gate.
- Others awaited Richard II on the battlements of Chester Castle, or in a glade of Sandiway Forest.
- There were massive walls, battlements, towers and huge building units.
- As I kept up a brisk pace along the battlements of the castle, I sunk into my thoughts and was so absorbed that I didn't hear the footsteps coming up behind me.
- Here, you can see stone cannon balls built into the castle walls, defensive battlements and interior living quarters.
- Its walls, towers and battlements are silhouetted against the sky.
- Into the side of one slope was lodged a fortress, complete with high walls and battlements.
- She looked beyond the countless houses to the giant walls topped with battlements and many attaching towers to the dark and wasted dessert plains beyond, her true home.
- The bridge is easily spotted since the towers that hold up the cables on each side of the river loom up like the crenellated battlements of an English castle.
- Set within five acres of orchard and boasting battlements, parapet walkway, Great Hall and thick stone walls, the tower is perched above Crossford in the beautiful Clyde Valley.
Synonyms
castellation, parapet, rampart, balustrade, wall, bulwark, barbican, bastion
1. 1.1 A section of roof enclosed by battlements.
  I want to go up on the battlements
  Example sentencesExamples
  The roofs even had battlements, were Diago stood now.
  Then she mounted the battlement and stood atop the roof, raving.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French bataillier ‘fortify with movable defense turrets’, possibly related to battle.

单词	battlement
释义	Definition of battlement in English: battlement noun ˈbat(ə)lm(ə)ntˈbædlmənt usually battlements 1A parapet at the top of a wall, especially of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced squared openings for shooting through. Example sentencesExamples Here, you can see stone cannon balls built into the castle walls, defensive battlements and interior living quarters. The form of the minarets, indeed, brings to mind the battlements of Rajput fort rather than the graceful tapering classical Islamic minaret. There were massive walls, battlements, towers and huge building units. The castle's impressive battlements and tree-shaded gardens offer excellent views over the city and the estuary of the Tagus river. Into the side of one slope was lodged a fortress, complete with high walls and battlements. She glanced up to the heights of the castle battlements and saw a tall, tawny haired figure upon the uppermost heights. I sat in the guard barracks in the outer wall of the castle battlements. Others awaited Richard II on the battlements of Chester Castle, or in a glade of Sandiway Forest. Its walls, towers and battlements are silhouetted against the sky. There lies Minas Tirith, the City of Kings, a vast and elegant city built in seven levels of white stone carved into the hill, each level ringed by a wall with battlements and a gate. Small boys attracted to crumbling walls and shaking battlements care nothing for ‘danger’ signs or security fences. Her husband altered what was then known as Snape House, turning it into a castle with battlements and a Gothic exterior. Seagulls yelped in the distance above the sound of the crashing waves and flew among the turrets and battlements of the dark castle. The architecture is Tudor style, complete with turreted parapets, fortified towers, arches and battlements. There were battlements along the walls, and seven guards at the gate. As I kept up a brisk pace along the battlements of the castle, I sunk into my thoughts and was so absorbed that I didn't hear the footsteps coming up behind me. Although the inner courtyard was destroyed in 1809 by Napoleonic troops, the walls and battlements remain intact and are worth the 15-minute climb it takes to reach them. Set within five acres of orchard and boasting battlements, parapet walkway, Great Hall and thick stone walls, the tower is perched above Crossford in the beautiful Clyde Valley. The bridge is easily spotted since the towers that hold up the cables on each side of the river loom up like the crenellated battlements of an English castle. She looked beyond the countless houses to the giant walls topped with battlements and many attaching towers to the dark and wasted dessert plains beyond, her true home. Synonyms castellation, parapet, rampart, balustrade, wall, bulwark, barbican, bastion fortification, breastwork, crenellation, circumvallation, outwork in ancient Rome vallum rare bartizan 1.1 A section of roof enclosed by battlements. I want to go up on the battlements Example sentencesExamples Then she mounted the battlement and stood atop the roof, raving. The roofs even had battlements, were Diago stood now. Derivatives battlemented adjective ˈbatlməntɪdˈbædlmən(t)əd As a building, Maison Krug disappoints - just a yard, cellar and offices - and I cast envious glances at other champagne houses in Reims, especially Pommery which is a fantastic Disneyland castle with battlemented walls. Example sentencesExamples Almost immediately this was surrounded by a lower battery providing fourteen further gun positions, while about 1550 a battlemented entrance block was built containing the governor's lodgings. Those bastions were garrisoned, as was the battlemented traverse work cut to overhang the full width of the gate. A huge fireplace, painted in Italian style, dominates one wall and a glazed door leads on to a modern battlemented terrace looking on to the lake. Its red, white and blue uprights support a span depicting Derry's gates with a battlemented head topped by a crown. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French bataillier 'fortify with movable defence turrets', possibly related to battle. Definition of battlement in US English: battlement nounˈbadlməntˈbædlmənt usually battlements 1A parapet at the top of a wall, especially of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced squared openings for shooting through. Example sentencesExamples I sat in the guard barracks in the outer wall of the castle battlements. She glanced up to the heights of the castle battlements and saw a tall, tawny haired figure upon the uppermost heights. Seagulls yelped in the distance above the sound of the crashing waves and flew among the turrets and battlements of the dark castle. The castle's impressive battlements and tree-shaded gardens offer excellent views over the city and the estuary of the Tagus river. Although the inner courtyard was destroyed in 1809 by Napoleonic troops, the walls and battlements remain intact and are worth the 15-minute climb it takes to reach them. The architecture is Tudor style, complete with turreted parapets, fortified towers, arches and battlements. There were battlements along the walls, and seven guards at the gate. Small boys attracted to crumbling walls and shaking battlements care nothing for ‘danger’ signs or security fences. The form of the minarets, indeed, brings to mind the battlements of Rajput fort rather than the graceful tapering classical Islamic minaret. Her husband altered what was then known as Snape House, turning it into a castle with battlements and a Gothic exterior. There lies Minas Tirith, the City of Kings, a vast and elegant city built in seven levels of white stone carved into the hill, each level ringed by a wall with battlements and a gate. Others awaited Richard II on the battlements of Chester Castle, or in a glade of Sandiway Forest. There were massive walls, battlements, towers and huge building units. As I kept up a brisk pace along the battlements of the castle, I sunk into my thoughts and was so absorbed that I didn't hear the footsteps coming up behind me. Here, you can see stone cannon balls built into the castle walls, defensive battlements and interior living quarters. Its walls, towers and battlements are silhouetted against the sky. Into the side of one slope was lodged a fortress, complete with high walls and battlements. She looked beyond the countless houses to the giant walls topped with battlements and many attaching towers to the dark and wasted dessert plains beyond, her true home. The bridge is easily spotted since the towers that hold up the cables on each side of the river loom up like the crenellated battlements of an English castle. Set within five acres of orchard and boasting battlements, parapet walkway, Great Hall and thick stone walls, the tower is perched above Crossford in the beautiful Clyde Valley. Synonyms castellation, parapet, rampart, balustrade, wall, bulwark, barbican, bastion 1.1 A section of roof enclosed by battlements. I want to go up on the battlements Example sentencesExamples The roofs even had battlements, were Diago stood now. Then she mounted the battlement and stood atop the roof, raving. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French bataillier ‘fortify with movable defense turrets’, possibly related to battle.
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