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Definition of Embattlement
1. n. An intended parapet; a battlement.
Definition of Embattlement
1. Noun. A battlement. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being embattled. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embattlement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embattlement
Literary usage of Embattlement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brave Belgians by Camille Buffin, Alice Hall Ward (1918)
"I took notes, thanks to the periscope, and I fired from an embattlement through
a German embattle- ment. The enemy was not long in replying with dumdums, ..."
2. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1851)
"... under the embattlement, for casting stones and other defensive engines for
defending the same gate ; the said gate and towers being defective, ..."
3. An historical and descriptive account of the coast of Sussex by John Docwra Parry (1833)
"... under the embattlement, for casting stones and other defensive engines for
defending the same gate; the said gate and towers being defective, ..."
4. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry by Thomas Robson (1830)
"... or might be called a bend, with one embattlement on each side. See PI. 3, fig.
26. ... Bend, per, with one embattlement ..."
5. Brave Belgians, from the French of Baron C. Buffin edited by Camille Buffin (1918)
"I took notes, thanks to the periscope, and I fired from an embattlement through
a German embattle- ment. The enemy was not long in replying with dumdums, ..."
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