battlement

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
2. Any high wall for defense.
3. (poetic) The towering roof of heaven.

Konzepte

Zinnen

Stadtmauer

Zinne

Befestigung

Befestigungsanlage

Festungsmauer

Mauerzinne

Synonyme

crenellation

crenelation

rampart

merlon

target

terreplein

add up

let fall

bastion

bunker

Übersetzungen

almenaje

ameia

έπαλξη

rempart

merlatura

kanteel

tinne

baloard

barri

baluarte

almena

crestería

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

[ˈbætəɫmənt]

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: batilment

In summary

From Middle English batilment, from Old French bataillement, earlier bastillement (“fortification”), from bastillier (“to fortify, to equip with battlements”), from bastille (“fortress”) (see bastion).