Examples of 'battlement' in a sentence
Meaning of "battlement"
Battlement: (noun) - A battlement is a parapet or barrier on top of a wall, often with alternating solid portions and openings, historically used for defensive and architectural purposes on castles and fortifications
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- 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.
- Any high wall for defense.
- The towering roof of heaven.
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There is a battlement and a gatehouse on the embankment.
You two take out that battlement.
The battlement is no place for women.
The top of the walls was crowned by battlement.
A spacious battlement is provided towards the inner side of the fortification.
The tower is crested by a small corniced battlement.
This floating battlement once defend the city from pirates.
The terrace was surrounded by a low machicolated battlement.
Aperture in the battlement to allow for gun and cannon fire.
The heating element is shaped like a battlement.
The battlement with its embrasures is still visible in the inner wall.
A stone fell from the battlement.
The traverse was protected by battlement and divided by a covered bastion in the middle.
I want them on the south battlement.
The battlement effect at the top of the cupola is actually the four chimneys.
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I should jump throw myself from the battlement.
The scars of battlement are there for you to discover as you explore the region.
On her we will build a battlement of silver.
A defensive level above the choir has parapets and a battlement.
Go up the battlement.
I think that mortar would be better off up on the battlement.
Its top floor has a battlement on a cantilever stone console on the northeast façade.
And she will end up throwing herself off the battlement.
The south bastion battlement and roof were joined with those of the south tower.
Also called a battlement.
The terrace or fighting platform of a bergfried was originally often surrounded by battlement.
Battlement Ridge is very rugged and descends from high on the mountain.
The machicolations were redone in disproportionate proportions and surmounted by a large battlement.
We will build upon her A battlement of silver.
At this the battlement is an advice to the Burg Heeßel.
Edward planted roses and irises along the walls of the battlement.
When down some awful Battlement the rest of Life is dropt.
Weimar leaned one side of his head out from behind the battlement.
The Battlement Mesa Schoolhouse stands as a testimony to education.
The castle was surrounded by a thick defensive wall with embrasures and battlement walks Wehrgänge.
Pamela was the battlement I was determined on.
Bring Ivanhoe to the battlement.
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Here we have a Roman battlement.
The trumpet has been blown, the battlement stormed, and the walls have come tumbling down.
All right, here we have a roman battlement.
The dome of the kiosk is framed by a battlement decorated with arches and seven-pointed stars.
If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement.
From every battlement in the Tower, her heart swelled with exultation.
And the economy of war . on classic army battlement infrastructure.
And hung on the highest battlement to dry! Will be drawn and quartered immediately.
Four stories high, it has a wooden battlement and parapets.
Above the Angband he then raised the three-peaked volcanic mountain called Thangorodrim as a great battlement.
I shall search this castle from battlement to crypt, until I find the fiendish murderer.
In this case the cone roof was surrounded by a protective wall, a parapet or a battlement.
