Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Battlement"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Battlement
a parapet wall or balustrade surrounding the flat roofs of the
houses, required to be built by a special law (Deut. 22:8). In
Jer. 5:10, it denotes the parapet of a city wall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
battlement
n : a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps
for firing arrows or guns [syn: {crenelation}, {crenellation}]
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