battlement noun. ['bat(ǝ)lm(ǝ)nt] LME.
[from Old French bataillier (see BATTLE verb¹, verb²) + -MENT.]
Usu. in pl.
1. An alternately high and low parapet at the top of a wall, for the defence of a building. LME.

2. A roof enclosed by this. L16.

■ battlemented adjective furnished with or surrounded by battlements E17.

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