battlement Definition
battle·ment (-mənt)
noun
- a parapet with open spaces for shooting, built on top of a castle wall, tower, or fort
- an architectural decoration like this
Etymology: ME batelment < OFr bataillier, to fortify < bataille, fortification on a wall or tower < ? VL *battacula, place of battle < battere, batter
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battlement
n.
battlement Usage Examples
Converse of object
- access: These were used by the defenders of the castle to access the battlements and provide a line of defense around the castle.
- have: The curtain wall also had battlements or crenellations to further enhance the defensive power of the castle.
- see: If one looked skywards one saw the battlements and decorated rooflines of many centuries ago.
- explore: It is fascinating to explore the battlements, dark passages and huge basement with an exhibition of England's coastal defenses.
- walk: There are even rumors that King Richard III still walks the battlements.
- add: Then I added a battlement by cutting 1 inch thick polystyrene to give the crenelation.
Converse of subject
surmount: The outer ward is nearly square, and its walls are nine feet in thickness and eighteen feet in height, surmounted by battlements.
Adjective modifier
- broken: The destroyed city, the great wall, the walls with broken battlements: all this too is part of that reign.
- historic: The property is ideally located within yards of the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor and enjoys Solent views over the historic battlements.
- high: Its high battlements where pigeons live is.. ... .
- mighty: The castle commands magnificent views that can be best appreciated from the mighty battlements.
- medieval: Title: Bodiam Castle Description: The ultimate fairytale castle with spiral staircases and medieval battlements.
Preposition: on
top: Shortly after cross the road into Old Dawbers Lane and aim for the houses with battlements on top.
Noun used with modifier
- castle: This shows part of the walkway around the castle battlements with the Inner Ward to the right of the walkway.
- tower: Boards were used to enclose the rails on the tower battlements.
- brick: The round tower is much restored, but very pretty with its flushwork and brick battlements.
Possessives
castle: A fourth, alone in the dell of the castle's battlements, has failed to persuade his mount to move at all.
Preposition: of
- tower: Badge: Issuant from the battlements of a tower, a demi lion rampant guardant - approved by King George VI in February 1938.
- castle: At that pace you can do little else but concentrate on the attack from the battlements of the castle.
- ruby: I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
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