battlement
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: [ˈbætəɫmənt]
battlement (plural battlements)
- In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
- Any high wall for defense.
- (poetic) The towering roof of heaven.
- (sense, indented parapet) crenellation
- French: rempart
- German: Befestigung, Festungsmauer, Mauerzinne, Zinne
- Portuguese: ameia
- Russian: стена́ с бойница
- Spanish: almenaje
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