English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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Battlement
(n.)
One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient
fortifications.
Battlement
(n.)
pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids
and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied
on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches.