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Noun: battlement  ba-t(u)l-munt
  1. A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
    - crenelation, crenellation

Derived forms: battlements

Type of: bulwark, rampart, wall

Part of: fort, fortress

Encyclopedia: Battlement

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