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Definition of Battlement
1. Noun. A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns.
Terms within: Crenel, Crenelle, Merlon
Group relationships: Fort, Fortress
Generic synonyms: Bulwark, Rampart, Wall
Derivative terms: Crenelate, Crenellate
Definition of Battlement
1. n. One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.
Definition of Battlement
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. Any high wall for defense. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Battlement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battlement
Literary usage of Battlement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... Both stand, their gauges in their hands, short space Dividing, and for equal
rights contend ; So, parted only by the battlement, Stood those two hosts, ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"battlement. It may be doubtful whether an embattled wall, ie a wall built with
battlements, as well as the word battlement itself, is to be explained from ..."
3. Occident, with Preludes on Current Events by Joseph Cook (1884)
"THE NEW HOUSE AND ITS battlement; OR, THE RELATIONS OF THE TEMPERANCE REFORM ...
When thon buildest a new house, then them shalt make a battlement for thy ..."
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