Battlement in a sentence

Battlement meaning

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. The towering roof of heaven.

Using Battlement

• The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Any high wall for defense. | The towering roof of heaven.
• Useful related words include: crenelation, crenellation, rampart, bulwark.

Context around Battlement

• Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
• Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
• Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Battlement

• In this selection, "battlement" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, mesa and decorated stand out and add context to how "battlement" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include by a battlement decorated with and vista in battlement mesa co. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "battlement" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.