'Battlement' definitions:

Definition of 'battlement'

(from WordNet)
noun
A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns [syn: battlement, crenelation, crenellation]

Definition of 'Battlement'

From: GCIDE
  • Battlement \Bat"tle*ment\ (-ment), n. [OE. batelment; cf. OF. bataillement combat, fr. batailler, also OF. bastillier, bateillier, to fortify. Cf. Battle, n., Bastile, Bastion.] (Arch.) (a) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications. (b) 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'battlement'

From: Easton
  • Battlement a parapet wall or balustrade surrounding the flat roofs of the houses, required to be built by a special law (Deut. 22:8). In Jer. 5:10, it denotes the parapet of a city wall.

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