Definition of Battlements

1. Noun. (plural of battlement) ¹

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Definition of Battlements

1. battlement [n] - See also: battlement

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battlements

battlefield
battlefields
battlefleet
battlefleets
battlefront
battlefronts
battleful
battleground
battlegrounds
battlegroup
battlegroups
battleline
battlelines
battlement
battlemented
battlements (current term)
battleplan
battleplans
battler
battlers
battles
battleship
battleship-shaped curve
battleship-shaped curves
battleship grey
battleships
battlesight
battlesome
battlespace

Literary usage of Battlements

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1884)
"Why were these battlements given a height beyond those of the royal palace ? ... a height at which ordinary battlements, especially when for the most part ..."

2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... reliant and the strength Of their own arms, they strove to breach the wall, Rending the parapets off the towers above, 300 Shaking the battlements, ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... battlements, and embrasures," adds, " on the eastern side yet stands part of that venerable fabric which baffled the attempts of General Sarsfield, ..."

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