Australian English Meaning of battlement

Battlement

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Definitions and Meaning of battlement in English

Wordnet

battlement (n)

a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns

Webster

battlement (n.)

One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.

pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches.

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Battlement

a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or gunsOne of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications., pl

bastion,breastwork,bulwark,castle,Citadel,earthworks,Embattlement,fort,fortification,fortress

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