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battlement

Definition

  • 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

  • (..) To ask you... to open your gates, my lord... so my son and his bannermen may cross the Trident and be on their way. - Why should I let him? - If you could climb your own battlements, you would see that he has men outside your walls. They'll be corpses when Tywin Lannister gets here. (..)
    2011 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Baelor Season: 1 Episode 9