Definition of BATTLEMENT

battlement

Plural: battlements

Noun

  • a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
  • 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.
  • Any high wall for defense.
  • The towering roof of heaven.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English batilment, from Old French bataillement, earlier bastillement (“fortification”), from bastillier (“to fortify, to equip with battlements”), from bastille (“fortress”) (see bastion).

Scrabble Score: 14

battlement: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
battlement: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
battlement: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

battlement: valid Words With Friends Word