battlement

American  

[bat-l-muhnt] / ˈbæt l mənt /

noun

1. Often battlements. a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation.

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battlement British  

/ ˈbætəlmənt /

noun

1. a parapet or wall with indentations or embrasures, originally for shooting through

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Other Word Forms

• battlemented adjective

Etymology

Origin of battlement

1275–1325; Middle English batelment < Middle French bataille battlement; -ment

Example Sentences

One night, as she walks with Donatello along a battlement, they see the model nearby, dressed as a friar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

A gun sits atop a buried battlement under the flags, part of a vast underground network of German defenses.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2019

But in the six decades that the Henderson Castle loomed over 16th Street NW, it was probably the city’s most impressive faux battlement.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2017

Tommy found him on the top battlement, sobbing unrelentingly, looking like he'd been there for days, hugging his body across the old rock walls, telling them he wouldn't let them be hurt again.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2011

Yoren climbed the battlement beside the gate, his faded black cloak tied to a wooden staff.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin