noun · rare

battlement

battlement · battlements

стена с бойницами

Befestigung, Zinne, Festungsmauer, Mauerzinne

In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called…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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» Wind howled along the machicolated battlements.

Meaning

3 senses

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.
Befestigung, Festungsmauer, Mauerzinne
стена́ с бойницамиstená s bojnicami
Any high wall for defense.
(poetic)The towering roof of heaven.

More definitions

a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns

Examples

3 sentences

Wind howled along the machicolated battlements.
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Several heavy stones were hurled from the mouldering battlements into the roaring sea beneath.
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King Thomas and Queen Mary played chess every night in their magnificent castle with four towers and many battlements.
ruКороль Томас и королева Мария каждую ночь играли в шахматы в своем великолепном замке с четырьмя башнями и множеством зубцов.
deKönig Thomas und Königin Mary spielten jede Nacht Schach in ihrem prächtigen Schloss mit vier Türmen und vielen Zinnen.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

indented parapet formed by a series of rising members:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

indented parapet formed by a series of rising members:

Origin

From Middle English batilment, from Old French bataillement, earlier bastillement (“fortif

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.

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