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Word: battlement (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Any high wall for defense.
  • 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.

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