資料來源 : pyDict
城垛,防衛牆
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Battlement \Bat"tle*ment\ (-ment), n. [OE. batelment; cf. OF.
bataillement combat, fr. batailler, also OF. bastillier,
bateillier, to fortify. Cf. {Battle}, n., {Bastile},
{Bastion}.] (Arch.)
(a) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient
fortifications.
(b) pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids
and open spaces. At first purely a military feature,
afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative
features, as for churches.
資料來源 : WordNet®
battlement
n : a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps
for firing arrows or guns [syn: {crenelation}, {crenellation}]