battlement 音标拼音: [b'ætəlmənt] [b'ætəlmɛnt]
n . 城垛,防卫墙
城垛,防卫墙
battlement n 1 :
a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns [
synonym : {
battlement },
{
crenelation }, {
crenellation }]
Battlement \
Bat "
tle *
ment \ (-
ment ),
n . [
OE .
batelment ;
cf .
OF .
bataillement combat ,
fr .
batailler ,
also OF .
bastillier ,
bateillier ,
to fortify .
Cf . {
Battle },
n ., {
Bastile },
{
Bastion }.] (
Arch .)
(
a )
One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications .
(
b )
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "
battlement ":
abatis ,
advanced work ,
balistraria ,
bank ,
banquette ,
barbed -
wire entanglement ,
barbican ,
barricade ,
barrier ,
bartizan ,
bastion ,
breastwork ,
bulwark ,
casemate ,
castellation ,
cheval -
de -
frise ,
circumvallation ,
contravallation ,
counterscarp ,
crenel ,
curtain ,
demibastion ,
dike ,
drawbridge ,
earthwork ,
embrasure ,
enclosure ,
entanglement ,
escarp ,
escarpment ,
fence ,
fieldwork ,
fortalice ,
fortification ,
glacis ,
loophole ,
lunette ,
machicolation ,
mantelet ,
merlon ,
mound ,
outwork ,
palisade ,
parados ,
parapet ,
portcullis ,
postern gate ,
rampart ,
ravelin ,
redan ,
redoubt ,
sally port ,
scarp ,
sconce ,
stockade ,
tenaille ,
vallation ,
vallum ,
work
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