Battlement
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BATTLEMENT (probably from a lost Fr. form bastillement, cf. mod. Fr. bastille, from Med. Lat. bastilia, towers, which is derived from Ital. bastire, to build, cf. Fr.
Battlement
Also called embattlement, castellations
A parapet topped with alternating indentations and raised portions, originally for defense, but later used as a decorative motif ...
What Is a "Battlement" or a "Crenellation"? What are "Embrasures" and "Merlons"?
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Battlement
Defensive parapet, composed of merlons (solid) and crenels or crenelles (embrasures or openings) through which archers could shoot; sometimes called crenellation. Also used decoratively.
Battlements
A parapet with indentations or embrasures, with raised portions (merlons) between; also called crenellations.
battlement A notched parapet, originally intended for defense; the notches are called battlements or crenellations. Hence a battlemented parapet is also known as a crenellated parapet.
BATTLEMENT See crenellated.
BAY A means of describing the wall openings in vertical alignment. A five-bay house, for example, may have a doorway with four windows on the main floor and five windows on the upper floor
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Battlements. A form of indented parapet around the top of castles and towers which may either be defensive or decorative.
Battlement - A parapet with alternating indentations or embrasures and raised portions or merlons; also called crenellation.
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battlement : On a castle or fort, a battlement or a crenellation is a parapet with open spaces for shooting. The raised portions of a battlement are called merlons, and the openings are called embrasures.
battlements - slotted or alternating solid and open parapet that originally appeared on castles and other ancient fortified buildings.
Battlements Illustration
Battlements on the outer defensive wall at Warwick Castle.
Note the indented `honest' stone repairs.
Repair detail ...
Battlement
A design for a parapet that has alternating solid parts and openings, originally used for defense, but later used as a decorative motif.
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BATTLEMENTS: The notched top of a defensive wall.
CASTELLAN: The officer in charge of a castle.
CURTAIN: The connecting wall joining towers of a castle.
Battlement: a narrow wall built along the outer edge of the wall walk to protect soldiers against attack
Belfry: tall, movable wooden tower on wheels, used in sieges
Brattice: (see hoarding) ...
battlement, crenelation, crenellation - a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns ...
BATTLEMENT
An alternating high and low parapet on a wall.
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Battlements
parapet on top of a castle wall, with a series of gaps (embrasures or crenelles) between raised portions (merlons), allowing defenders to shoot through; also called crenellations
Bays ...
Battlement: The upper part of a fortifications wall from which defenders defended their position. The battlement or parapet were usually provided with crenels and merlons, the crenels were the openings and the merlons were the solid uprights.
Overhanging battlemented corner turret, corbelled out; common in Scotland (and France).
Another term for battlements, but used to describe decorative battlements. Often these are made of ashlar or fine brick and include arrow slits. Many later medieval houses and churches were crenellated, like Oxbrugh Hall and Jesus College, Cambridge.
Bartizan: An overhanging battlemented corner turret, corbelled out; sometimes as grandiose as an overhanging gallery; common in Scotland and France.
Gothic church with "castled" tower, or "battlements," and hints of pointed-arch windows.
8. Charlotte, NC.
9. Flatville, IL. German Lutheran Church.
10, 11. Woodstock, CT. Bowen House, c.1846. Referred to locally as the "Pink House".
Lisbon Cathedral, Portugal, 1147-1500, 1755-20th century- The fortress-like quality, cavernous single doorway, pointed battlements and highly functional appearance of this cathedral is typical of the Romanesque architecture that prevailed, ...
castellated - having a battlemented or crenulated parapet or roof.
Also called a battlement. This is a parapet (a low wall) constructed at the top of a larger wall for defensive purposes, behind which defenders can shelter or fight. It has alternating openings (crenels or embrasures) and raised sections (merlons).
Castellated - Decorated with battlements (a parapet with alternating indentations and raised portions); also called crenellation. Building with battlements are usually brick or stone.
CRENELLATED Having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement on a castle. The parapets at the top of the towers of the Churches of St Katherine, Teversal; the two St. Mary Magdalene churches; St. Helen's Church, Selston; and St.
CRENALATED PARAPET A low retaining wall at the edge of a roof or porch with a uniform pattern of openings creating a battlement. In medieval times the openings were used for the defense of fortresses, hence the term battlement.
embattled molding - having indentions like those of a battlement.
fan tracery vaulting - a system of ceiling vaulting with all ribs having the same curve, resembling the folds of a fan. ...
having a series of indentations, like those in a battlement.
Cromlech
a prehistoric monument consisting of a circle of monoliths.
Steeply pitched gable roofs
Lancet, pointed arches for openings and windows
Leaded and stained glass windows
Battlements and parapets
Pinnacles and finials
Rose- and clover-shaped windows
Gargoyles
Asymmetrical floor plans ...
Other distinctive architectural features are the use of huge decorative battlements and complex stucco forms.
Bartisan - A parapet or battlement.
Barytes - A heavy aggregate used in barium plaster (Barium Sulphate) ...
 See also: Architecture, Battlements, House, Parapet, Crenel
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