battlement

noun

Definition of battlementnext
as in parapet

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Recent Examples of battlement The visit commences in the main piazzetta, home to the 12-century Saint Thomas Becket of Canterbury church and the medieval castle whose battlements loom over the village. — Jaclyn Degiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2024 Pedestrians sauntered along a row of European flagship boutiques nestled in battlements of creamy limestone: Gucci, YSL, Prada, Louis Vuitton. — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023 Hike up the road to the summit on the back side of Mt. Ballyhoo to see some of the old battlements. — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023 The castle now belongs to the family of an Italian lawyer who purchased the fortified island in 1912 and began restoration of its battlements, churches, convents, crypts and gardens. — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 11 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for battlement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlement
  1. parapet
  2. rampart
  3. fortress
  4. fort
  5. castle
  6. fortification
  7. bulwark
  8. citadel
Noun
  • Then, as the credits sequence continues through the creative team, things get more ominous: Monkeys assemble together, climbing the parapets, even as someone tries to hold them off (?) with a spider.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
  • And to allay the fears of brownstone-dwellers: A cornice is not a parapet, so most brownstones don’t actually have parapets.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of parapet
Noun
  • Perhaps halfway up to the crest which forms the ramparts of the Mule Shoe was a jutting bastion of orange-colored rock.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The 18th-century ramparts encircling the city are free to climb and boast dramatic ocean views.
    — Livia Hengel, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of rampart
Noun
  • On clear days, that very body of water, and the white mountains beyond it, are part of the panoramic view from the terrace of Boone’s house, a sharp-angled, industrial-gray luxury fortress with towering windows atop a cliff 30 minutes south of Salt Lake City.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
  • India have spent the last three weeks in Dubai and made the venue into a fortress.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of fortress
Noun
  • Conclusions: John Means will not likely be a pitching project fort Guardians pitching coach Carl Willis and his staff.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Twenty five years ago, one of her descendants, Prince Richard Holkar converted his home in the 18th-century sandstone fort into a hotel.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of fort
Noun
  • In this sprawling Scottish castle, Real Housewives and Drag Race queens can unveil their most glamorous looks, while those who compete on shows like Survivor and Big Brother get to show a whole new side of themselves (i.e., a side that gets to shower and look in a mirror every day).
    — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
  • For the show, the duo built an office space embedded with silicone paintings full of chivalric symbols: the mirror, the castle, the knight, the enchanted woods.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of castle
Noun
  • It was built to protect Florida and the Atlantic trade route, and is now the oldest masonry fortification on the continent, interpreting more than 450 years of cultural intersections.
    — Food Drink Life, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Once an important feudal stronghold deep in the Japanese Alps, Matsumoto is known today for its towering castle; arguably the most stunning fortification in the entire country with its black-onyx trim and turquoise moat filled with curious koi.
    — Brandon Presser, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of fortification
Noun
  • And then there's Musk's increasingly antagonistic attitude toward Ukraine, a country viewed by many Europeans as a bulwark against further Russian aggression.
    — Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
  • With the Trump administration taking control of the CDC and other posts on the nation’s science bulwark, the consequences are getting worse.
    — Adam Marcus, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
Definition of bulwark
Noun
  • Its objective was not to retreat from the citadels of governance but to place them under siege.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Dominated by the enormous Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon, and a citadel, which sits along the 2.5-mile-long Avenue of the Dead, the site awed even the Aztecs, who wondered what vanished civilization could have created such a monumental city.
    — John Newton, AFAR Media, 24 Jan. 2025
Definition of citadel

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