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Battlement

noun

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Noun

1
In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
2
a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns wordnet
3
Any high wall for defense.
4
The towering roof of heaven. poetic

Etymology

From Middle English batilment, from Old French bataillement, earlier bastillement (“fortification”), from bastillier (“to fortify, to equip with battlements”), from bastille (“fortress”) (see bastion).

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