Definitions for: Battlement

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: crenelation, crenellation

See Also: bulwark, crenel, crenelle, fort, fortress, merlon, rampart, wall

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