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

n. 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.

n. Any high wall for defense.

n. One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.

n. 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.

n. 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 merlon.

n. Hence Any high wall for defense.

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

"Below the battlement was a room, and - as Maedhlyn had said - it was filled with interlocking wheels and levers."

rampart    wall    bulwark   

battlemented   

crenellation   

battlements    bastion    drawbridge    parapet    palisade    rampart    belfry    buttress    portcullis    glacis