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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

We will walk a little and then go find us some refreshment, and eat and drink on the battlement, and survey the fair morning.’

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




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