Recent Examples on the WebPop inside the Church of San Martín de Tours, stop by the Palace of Orellana-Pizarro, and then make your way up to the 10th-century castle, which stood in for the battlements of the Westerosi capital in the seventh season of Game of Thrones.—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 16 July 2024 The visit commences in the main piazzetta, home to the 12-century Saint Thomas Becket of Canterbury church and the medieval castle whose battlements loom over the village.—Jaclyn Degiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2024 Pedestrians sauntered along a row of European flagship boutiques nestled in battlements of creamy limestone: Gucci, YSL, Prada, Louis Vuitton.—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023 Hike up the road to the summit on the back side of Mt. Ballyhoo to see some of the old battlements.—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for battlement
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English batelment, from Anglo-French *bataillement, from batailler to fortify with battlements — more at battle
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