battlement

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

merlatura

sinonimi

crenellation

crenelation

rampart

merlon

target

terreplein

add up

let fall

bastion

bunker

Traduzioni

almenaje

έπαλξη

ameia

Zinnen

rempart

Zinne

Mauerzinne

Befestigungsanlage

Festungsmauer

πολεμίστρα

kanteel

tinne

baloard

barri

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈbætəɫmənt]

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: 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).