Dictionary

battlement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈbætəɫmənt] (UK)
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Etymology

From Middle English batilment, from Old French bataillement, earlier bastillement (“fortification”), from bastillier (“to fortify, to equip with battlements”), from bastille (“fortress”) (see bastion). By surface analysis, battle + -ment.

Meanings

1. 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.
   • Towers, and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes. 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro:
2. Any high wall for defense.
3. (poetic) The towering roof of heaven.

Forms

Deriveds

battlemented

Synonyms

crenellation (sense, indented parapet)

Translations (35)

de Mauerzinne (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · io krenelo (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · de Festungsmauer (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · pl blanki (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · da brystværn (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · pt ameia (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · fr rempart (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · es almenado (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · fi sakaramuuri (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · nl bolwerk (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · es almenaje (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · tr siper (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · cmn 城垛 (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · da krenelering (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · ca cresteria (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · ru стена́ с бойницами (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · sv krenelering (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · da kamtak (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · pl krenelaż (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · el πολεμίστρα (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · es almena (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · cmn 防衛牆 /防卫墙 (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · nb brystvern (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · de Befestigung (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · sh grudobran (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · cs cimbuří (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · it parapetto (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · tr mazgallı siper (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · fa کنگره (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · mk градобран (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · bg зъбер (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · grc ἔπαλξις (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · sh krunište (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · de Zinne (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) · eo krenelo (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)