battlement
Noun
Meaning
One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
crenellation
crenelation
fort
citadel
bank
rampart
barbican
scarp
fortress
dike
wall
barrier
fence
mound
fortification
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