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battlement
battlement. Parapet with higher and lower alternate parts. The indentations between the higher parts are the carnels, crenels, embrasures, loops, or wheelers, and the uprights between the indentations are the cops, kneelers, or merlons: a crenellated or embattled wall is therefore one with battlements, on Perpendicular churches often ornamented with quatrefoils. Miniature decorative battlements occur in a number of places in architecture including the transoms of tracery and the capitals of piers in the Perpendicular style of Gothic: even Tudor chimney-pots have them. An almena is a merlon with sloping, notched sides. A Guelphic or swallowtail battlement, common in medieval Italian architecture, has V-shaped notches in the tops of the merlon, giving a horn-like effect.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "battlement." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "battlement." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-battlement.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "battlement." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-battlement.html |
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battlement
bat·tle·ment
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n. (usu. battlements)
a parapet at the top of a wall, usually of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced, squared openings for shooting through.
DERIVATIVES:
bat·tle·ment·ed
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"battlement." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "battlement." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-battlement.html "battlement." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-battlement.html |
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battlement
battlement ˈbæṯlmənt n. (usually battlements) a parapet at the top of a wall, usually of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced, squared openings for shooting through.
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"battlement." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "battlement." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-battlement.html "battlement." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-battlement.html |
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battlement
battlement XIV. contemp. with †battled — pp. of OF. batailler fortify with batailles fixed or movable turrets of defence. See -MENT
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T. F. HOAD. "battlement." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "battlement." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-battlement.html T. F. HOAD. "battlement." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-battlement.html |
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