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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: battlement (0.02055 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to battlement.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: battlement
battlement
n : a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps
for firing arrows or guns [syn:
crenelation,
crenellation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Battlement
Battlement
\Bat"tle*ment\ (-ment), n. [OE. batelment; cf. OF.
bataillement combat, fr. batailler, also OF. bastillier,
bateillier, to fortify. Cf.
Battle, n.,
Bastile,
Bastion.] (Arch.)
(a) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient
fortifications.
(b) pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and
open spaces. At first purely a military feature,
afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative
features, as for churches.
[1913 Webster]
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