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battlement

[bat-l-muhnt] / ˈbæt l mənt /


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A gun sits atop a buried battlement under the flags, part of a vast underground network of German defenses.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2019

But in the six decades that the Henderson Castle loomed over 16th Street NW, it was probably the city’s most impressive faux battlement.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2017

Their favorite part of the home is its roof terrace, located in one of the battlement towers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2016

Hairdressers with ideas above their stations; dreary waifs wilting in garrets; talking statues; battlement suicides; to say nothing of the one with the Viking hats.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2011

They came within cry of the Morannon, and unfurled the banner, and blew upon their trumpets; and the heralds stood out and sent their voices up over the battlement of Mordor.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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