noun:a low wall at the top of a castle with open spaces for people inside to shoot through
noun:a parapet with open spaces that surmounts a wall and is used for defense or decoration
usually plural
synonyms: crenellation
Examples
the castle's stone 'battlements'
Movie quotes
(..) till he faced the slave which ne'er shook hands nor bade farewell to him till he unseamed him from the nave to the chops and fixed his head upon our battlements. And, to conclude, victory fell on us. Valiant Macbeth. Worthy gentleman. Great happiness. (..)
