Definition of battlement
: a parapet with open spaces that surmounts a wall and is used for defense or decoration
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On the island of Ischia, near Naples, stands a fortress, a formidable set of battlements and turrets that seem to shoot out of sheer rock, with a vertiginous drop to the sea below.
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The modernist genius took the few remaining elements of the medieval fortress—which used to be a Roman defense tower—and devised a new castle with battlements and straight lines that are not very common in its style.
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Covering the central nave are superb 14th-century frescoes whose delicacy is all the more striking because of the rugged battlements surrounding them.
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And there were the whimsical battlements of Forest Glen, Md., just a few miles away from Rossdhu.
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Low battlements, about waist height, protect us from the drop on either side.
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Dressed in jeans and trainers, Mr Kinnear heaved a battlement across the studio.
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Rirette Maîtrejean and Victor Kibaltchiche met on the battlements of the class war, which fueled their affair and gave it purpose.
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The unusual quatrefoil motifs of some individual quilt blocks are based on the four-pronged footprint of battlements known as star forts.
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Origin and Etymology of battlement
Middle English batelment, from Anglo-French *bataillement, from batailler to fortify with battlements — more at battle
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First Known Use: 14th century
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Definition of battlement for English Language Learners
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: a low wall at the top of a castle with open spaces for people inside to shoot through
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Definition of battlement for Students
: a low wall (as at the top of a castle) with openings to shoot through
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