Synonyms for battlement

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bat-l-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæt l mənt

Définition of battlement

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 :

She bent over the battlement, stooped her face towards me, and kissed me on the mouth.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Moat and battlement grimace but faintly from behind their ornaments.
Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

We lean on the battlement, long since dismantled, and gaze beneath us.
Extract from : « Our Home in the Silver West » by Gordon Stables

For that we must go to the Castle ruin that crowns Lewes as with a battlement.
Extract from : « England of My Heart--Spring » by Edward Hutton

Upon a knoll was a small square building with a battlement round it.
Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle

The end of the machine was raised and pointed over the battlement.
Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle

No one save a guard at the gate and another on the battlement.
Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Gervaise leant on the battlement and looked with admiration at the scene beyond.
Extract from : « A Knight of the White Cross » by G.A. Henty

Stephen leaned on the battlement pondering what he would say.
Extract from : « Long Will » by Florence Converse

Then he flung out his arms on the battlement, and his head on his arms.
Extract from : « Long Will » by Florence Converse

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