battlement
The definition of a battlement is the design at the top of old castle walls that looks like upside down teeth and is used to allow space for archers or sharpshooters to fire at intruders.
(noun)An example of a battlement is the stone architecture seen atop a medieval watchtower.
See battlement in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a parapet with open spaces for shooting, built on top of a castle wall, tower, or fort
- an architectural decoration like this
Origin: ME batelment < OFr bataillier, to fortify < bataille, fortification on a wall or tower < ? VL *battacula, place of battle < battere, batter
Related Forms:
- battlemented adjective
See battlement in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English batelment
Origin: , alteration (influenced by batel, battle)
Origin: of Old French batillement, tower, turret
Origin: , from bastille; see bastille
.Related Forms:
- batˈtle·mentˌed (-mĕnˌtĭd) adjective
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