Synonyms for battlements

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bat-l-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæt l mənt

Définition of battlements

Origin : early 14c., from Old French bataillement, earlier bastillement "fortification," from bastillier "to fortify, to equip with battlements," from bastille "fortress, tower" (see bastion). The raised parts are cops or merlons; the indentations are embrasures or crenelles.

noun parapet

Example sentences :

The gates were closed, and not a man was to be seen on the battlements.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

Earl Hugh's turreted tower also rises boldly from the battlements.
Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

To this they set fire, just as Odin flew over the battlements.
Extract from : « Told by the Northmen: » by E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton

The top rises in a cone, or pyramid of stone, encompassed by battlements.
Extract from : « A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland » by Samuel Johnson

The banners of France fluttered in the gentle breeze over all the battlements of the fort.
Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

Let us approach the battlements and cast our eyes immediately below.
Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 » by Charles H. Sylvester

Some had leaped down from the battlements and made their escape to other parts of the city.
Extract from : « Romulus, Makers of History » by Jacob Abbott

He began to tear the fur of his cloak and toss it over the battlements.
Extract from : « The Fifth Queen Crowned » by Ford Madox Ford

But haste ye all, both to the battlements and the gates of the tower works; On!
Extract from : « Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes » by Aeschylus

A shower of stones too from their slingers is coming over our battlements.
Extract from : « Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes » by Aeschylus

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