battlement

noun

Definition of battlementnext
as in parapet

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Recent Examples of battlement This romantic Gothic Revival fortress, home to the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, commands an impressive presence with its battlements, turrets, and sweeping views over more than 15,000 acres of parkland. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 June 2025 The castle now belongs to the family of an Italian lawyer who purchased the fortified island in 1912 and began restoration of its battlements, churches, convents, crypts and gardens. — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2025 One more guard will be patrolling the battlements at the top, but getting past him is just a matter of timing. — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025 Bryce combined Gothic and Renaissance elements in the estate’s regal design, accentuating the exterior with turrets, towers, and battlements. — Allix Cott, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024 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
  • The red brick building, with its geometric parapet wall and barrel plank ceiling, was built in the 1930s.
    — Jenna Thompson June 10, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
  • That only occurs in a police state when a critical mass of disenchantment begins to see itself as the majority, and confident enough to raise its head above the parapet.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 11 May 2026
Definition of parapet
Noun
  • Gaspare Fossati, the architect best known for restoring Hagia Sophia, renovated the building in the 1840s, while the remains of 13th-century Genoese ramparts still form part of the restaurant walls downstairs.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 July 2026
  • Finally, unable to stand down the household guard on her own, Alicent confesses her scheme to Helaena, who orders the sentries on the ramparts to hold fire when Rhaenyra flies in on Syrax.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of rampart
Noun
  • 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
  • Was a wedding at that hulking fortress in Midtown Manhattan gauche?
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • The footage opens with fortress-like coastal imagery before moving into large-scale period sets, suggesting the film will have the epic scope of Hugo’s story while grounding it in a raw visual language.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 July 2026
Definition of fortress
Noun
  • Washington and his men had left the fort heading west toward the sounds of gunfire.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
  • Background and conception Roughs Tower, or HM Fort Roughs, was originally built in 1942, one in a series of large sea forts built in the North Sea by Great Britain during World War II.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Definition of fort
Noun
  • The hotel’s penthouse-type accommodation is the castle-facing Patina Suite, equipped with its own turntable and sound system plus a minimalist Japanese-style meditation room.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
  • The score drips with a sinister ostinato as the rats scurry into every corner of her castle.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
Definition of castle
Noun
  • By the Second World War, pillboxes had become standard defense fortifications.
    — David Szondy June 23, New Atlas, 23 June 2026
  • During Fascism, the first fortification works arose, but also roads, houses, schools, a hospital.
    — Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
Definition of fortification
Noun
  • For the past 30 years, the 6,000-square-foot bulwark served as the Yancey County Public Library, but no amount of shelving could mask the fact something more complex and was just below the surface.
    — Mark Price Updated June 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
  • In casting a figure who could embody an industry, a medium, a bulwark against unworthy encroachers and invaders, Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow brought in Burrows as the most believable person possible.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026
Definition of bulwark

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