battlement

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a defensive parapet at the top of a castle or wall, with alternating raised sections and gaps for observation or weapons

   An archer watched the road from behind the stone battlement.

From late Middle English batilment, through Old French forms connected with bataillier 'to fortify.' The word came to denote the notched defensive parapet of a castle, and its spelling was influenced by battle.

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