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battlement (iou)



battlement noun. LME.
[from Old French bataillier (see BATTLE verb1, verb2) + -MENT.]
Usu. in pl.
An alternately high and low parapet at the top of a wall, for the defence of a building. LME.
A roof enclosed by this. L16.
battlemented adjective furnished with or surrounded by battlements E17.