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battlement    音标拼音: [b'ætəlmənt] [b'ætəlmɛnt]
n. 城垛,防卫墙

城垛,防卫墙

battlement
n 1: a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular
gaps for firing arrows or guns [synonym: {battlement},
{crenelation}, {crenellation}]

Battlement \Bat"tle*ment\ (-ment), n. [OE. batelment; cf. OF.
bataillement combat, fr. batailler, also OF. bastillier,
bateillier, to fortify. Cf. {Battle}, n., {Bastile},
{Bastion}.] (Arch.)
(a) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient
fortifications.
(b) 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.
[1913 Webster]

59 Moby Thesaurus words for "battlement":
abatis, advanced work, balistraria, bank, banquette,
barbed-wire entanglement, barbican, barricade, barrier, bartizan,
bastion, breastwork, bulwark, casemate, castellation,
cheval-de-frise, circumvallation, contravallation, counterscarp,
crenel, curtain, demibastion, dike, drawbridge, earthwork,
embrasure, enclosure, entanglement, escarp, escarpment, fence,
fieldwork, fortalice, fortification, glacis, loophole, lunette,
machicolation, mantelet, merlon, mound, outwork, palisade, parados,
parapet, portcullis, postern gate, rampart, ravelin, redan,
redoubt, sally port, scarp, sconce, stockade, tenaille, vallation,
vallum, work


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  • BATTLEMENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of BATTLEMENT is a parapet with open spaces that surmounts a wall and is used for defense or decoration a parapet with open spaces that surmounts a wall and is used for defense or decoration… See the full definition Games; Word of the Day; Grammar; Wordplay; Slang; Rhymes; Word Finder; Thesaurus; Join MWU; More
  • The Parapet and Battlement - Using Castle Architecture - ThoughtCo
    A battlement parapet is also known as a castellation or embattlement Masonry buildings in the Gothic Revival style may have architectural decoration which resembles battlements House moldings that resemble the battlement pattern are often called crenelated molding or embattled molding Definition of Battlement or Embattlement 1
  • Battlements: Parts Of A Medieval Castle
    Battlement Definition The word Battlement is the collective term used to describe several parts of a defensive castle wall that are needed to make up the “battlement” Battlement Castle Parts The parapet is a low defensive wall that is usually built at the shoulder or head height; Crenels which are the gaps in the wall
  • Parts of a Medieval Castle: The Battlement
    A castle’s Battlement consisted of a parapet with gaps or indentations used for defence They were used in medieval architecture to provide cover for discharging arrows and missiles The term originates from the Old French word “batailler“, meaning to fortify with batailles or movable turrets of defence Battlements usually had a walled walkway behind them that allowed defenders to move
  • BATTLEMENT Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com
    Battlement definition: Often battlements a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation See examples of BATTLEMENT used in a sentence
  • Battlement - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    A battlement is an extremely strong wall built to defend a city or castle from enemies while providing cover to defensive troops The oldest known battlements were constructed in ancient Egypt
  • BATTLEMENTS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
    BATTLEMENTS meaning: 1 a wall around the top of a castle, with regular spaces in it through which the people inside the… Learn more
  • Battlement vs. Parapet — What’s the Difference?
    A battlement in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (i e , a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals to allow for the launch of arrows or other projectiles from within the defences These gaps are
  • Battlement | Masonry, Fortification Defense | Britannica
    The battlement was an early development in military architecture; it was found in Chaldea, Egypt, and prehistoric Greece, as well as commonly in ancient Roman fortifications It was in the European Middle Ages that the battlement received its highest development, crenels being narrowed and frequently given splayed sides, the merlons often
  • battlement - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    battlement (plural battlements) 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





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