Definition of "battlement" [bat•tle•ment]

• A notched parapet built on top of a wall, with alternating merlons and crenels for decoration or defense. Also called embattlement. (noun)

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• "Below the battlement was a room, and - as Maedhlyn had said - it was filled with interlocking wheels and levers."
• "Perpendicular window, the heads of the lights below the transom being cinquefoiled, while above each window is a cornice supported by small arches resting on corbels; over all is a pierced battlement, which is also crenelated at the actual east end."
• "Along one side of the square there ran the high brick wall, topped with a kind of battlement, that guarded the Maharajah's palace grounds from the eyes of men."