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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
- 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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