battlement

noun

Definition of battlementnext
as in parapet

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Recent Examples of battlement Sunrise—when the battlements catch the first light, and the silence runs unbroken along the ridgeline. — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026 The entrance looks like the stone wall of the castle where Anna and Elsa live, complete with battlements at the top. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 19 Feb. 2026 The group has quite literally been split into two camps, separated by barbed wire, battlements, and corpses. — Jack King, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025 Meanwhile, Desmond Castle stands watch beyond the village park—its stone battlements and arrow slits recalling Norman skirmishes and feudal lords. — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for battlement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlement
  1. parapet
  2. rampart
  3. breastwork
  4. fortress
  5. fort
  6. castle
  7. fortification
  8. bulwark
Noun
  • All along the parapets, Ormund’s child soldiers are vomiting and pissing themselves.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The work entails concrete parapet wall repair on the Yellow Mill Pond Bridge.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Definition of parapet
Noun
  • There’s fighting in the streets, along the ramparts, hot oil poured on men climbing ladders.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • With Silverwing airborne, Ormund joins the fight on the ramparts, where Roddy hangs on for the chance to kill him.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of rampart
Noun
  • More than a third of the 650-member force fell dead or wounded taking the Confederate breastworks.
    — Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The infantrymen around him peeped painfully over the heap of dirt that substituted for a breastwork.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026
Definition of breastwork
Noun
  • Another day trip option is the hilltop town of Erice, where there's a medieval fortress that's over 2,500 years old.
    — Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of fortress
Noun
  • The fort is about a 75-mile drive southwest from downtown Raleigh.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Fighting valiantly but doomed by a lack of supplies, soldiers surrendered the fort on this day in 1864, bringing the Battle of Mobile Bay to its end.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of fort
Noun
  • The other piece was a close up of the castle against a deep blue sky with a variant of this showing Disney's traditional shooting star firework in an arc above it.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The price that Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, paid for the three-story castle has not yet been disclosed.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of castle
Noun
  • The historic military fort overlooks the entrance to the Halifax Harbour and boasts old fortifications, historic artifacts, and unbeatable ocean views.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • That is, in part, because Ukraine has built additional lines of defense with fortifications and minefields.
    — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
Definition of fortification
Noun
  • The choice also, not incidentally, is a bulwark against litigation.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
  • According to Lucci, the dam also acted as a defensive bulwark during last November’s Typhoon Uwan, capturing over 99% of rainfall and sparing the lives of many downstream communities.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of bulwark

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