Battlement

Synonyms for "battlement" (62 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(1 words)

abatis advanced work balistraria bank banquette barbed-wire entanglement barbican barricade barrier bartizan bastion breastwork

Strong matches (18)

bulwark casemate castellation cheval-de-frise circumvallation contravallation counterscarp crenel crenellation curtain demibastion dike drawbridge earthwork embrasure enclosure entanglement

Noun(1 words)

crenelation

Related words (31)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

bulwark rampart wall

Synonyms

1 entries

crenellation

derived

1 entries

battlemented

is a

1 entries

rampart

part of

1 entries

fortress

related to

12 entries

cop crenelle defense embrasure fire fortification indented loophole merlon parapet shelter wall

Translations

35 translations across 24 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἔπαλξις noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Bulgarian

1 entries

зъбер noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Catalan

1 entries

cresteria noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

城垛 noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
防衛牆 /防卫墙 noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Czech

1 entries

cimbuří noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Danish

3 entries

brystværn noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
kamtak noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
krenelering noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Dutch

1 entries

bolwerk noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Esperanto

1 entries

krenelo noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Finnish

1 entries

sakaramuuri noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

French

1 entries

rempart noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

German

4 entries

Befestigung noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
Festungsmauer noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
Mauerzinne noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
Zinne noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Greek

1 entries

πολεμίστρα noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Ido

1 entries

krenelo noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Italian

1 entries

parapetto noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Macedonian

1 entries

градобран noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

brystvern noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Persian

1 entries

کنگره noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Polish

2 entries

blanki noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
krenelaż noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Portuguese

1 entries

ameia noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Russian

1 entries

стена́ с бойницами noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

grudobran noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
krunište noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Spanish

3 entries

almena noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
almenado noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
almenaje noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Swedish

1 entries

krenelering noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Turkish

2 entries

mazgallı siper noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
siper noun (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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Caleb hastened to the eastern battlement, which commanded the prospect of the whole sands, very near as far as the village of Wolf's Hope. He could easily see his master riding in that direction, as fast as the horse could carry him.

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