battlements

Oznaczający (Angielski)

plural of battlement

battlement

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.

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Synonimy

parapet

rampart

earthwork fortification

leaf-like boundary stone

ogival merlon

Tłumaczenia

minae

créneaux

remparts

أبراج محصّنة

ameia

almenas

galería de almenas