battlement

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

kanteel

tinne

Synoniemen

crenellation

crenelation

rampart

merlon

target

terreplein

add up

let fall

bastion

bunker

Vertalingen

έπαλξη

almenaje

ameia

Zinnen

rempart

Zinne

Mauerzinne

Befestigungsanlage

Festungsmauer

πολεμίστρα

merlatura

baloard

barri

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈbætəɫmənt]

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: 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).