ALL meanings of battlement
bat·tle·ment
B b - noun battlement a parapet or wall with indentations or embrasures, originally for shooting through 3
- noun battlement a parapet with open spaces for shooting, built on top of a castle wall, tower, or fort 3
- noun battlement an architectural decoration like this 3
- noun battlement A parapet at the top of a wall, usually of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced, squared openings for shooting through. 1
- noun battlement rampart 1
- noun battlement Often, battlements. a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation. 1
- noun battlement 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. 0
- noun battlement Any high wall for defense. 0