battlement

Definition of battlement

Nouns

a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
Synonyms:
crenelation, crenellation
Type of:
bulwark, rampart, wall
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

Vocabulary Lists for battlement

Shakespeare's Macbeth »(507 words)
An interesting vocabulary list from Macbeth.
  • Macbeth
  • thane
  • weird sister
  • hautboy
  • Duncan

Julius Caesar, Act I Scene I »(282 words)
  • unfirm
  • accoutre
  • unbrace
  • preform
  • soothsayer

T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" Chapters 1-10 »(279 words)
Vocabulary study list for T.H. White's "The Once and...
  • bedraggle
  • organon
  • undulate
  • scratchy
  • vacuous

Long List »(58 words)
  • ineffable
  • appurtenance
  • guttural
  • sordid
  • gustatory

Green Scythe (Chekhov) »(21 words)
  • battlement
  • vat
  • whippersnapper
  • poppycock
  • quip

Words that contain battlement

battlemented