Definition of Battlement

a wall around the top of a fortress with spaces in it through which the people inside the castle shoot weapons

Examples of Battlement in a sentence

Behind the castle battlement, the king’s men prepared to fire their arrows at the intruders down below.  🔊

The castle tower top has a tooth-shaped battlement that was used as a soldier hideout for centuries.  🔊

Building a new battlement, the men worked feverishly to complete the wall around the top of the fortress.  🔊

A 250-year-old battlement remains, the castle projection having once been used by soldiers in battle.  🔊

A battlement with small openings was built around the top of the royal fortress so that warriors could have a hidden place to attack from.  🔊

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