'Embattled' definitions:
Definition of 'embattled'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Prepared for battle; "an embattled city"
adjective
Having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn: embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated]
Definition of 'Embattled'
From: GCIDE
- Embattled \Em*bat"tled\, a.
- 1. Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field. --J. Baillie. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Embattled'
From: GCIDE
- Embattle \Em*bat"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embattled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embattling.] [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.] To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. [1913 Webster]
- One in bright arms embattled full strong. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]