Battlements

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of battlement form-of, plural

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crenellationabatisadvanced workbalistrariabankbanquette

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"Close cling their ladders to the walls; these, fain / to clutch the doorposts, climb from floor to floor, / their right hands strive the battlements to gain, / their left with lifted shield the arrowy storm sustain."

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