battlement

名词 n.
中文释义
英 [ˈbætəɫmənt]   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
    — Towers, and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
  2. Any high wall for defense.
  3. The towering roof of heaven. poetic

词形变化

battlements plural

词汇关系

衍生词
battlemented

词源

From Middle English batilment, from Old French bataillement, earlier bastillement (“fortification”), from bastillier (“to fortify, to equip with battlements”), from bastille (“fortress”) (see bastion). By surface analysis, battle + -ment.
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