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The battlements

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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.

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The battlements on the tower were added in 1933, replacing the original gabling.

The battlements may originally have been built with triple finials in a similar fashion to Conwy, although little remains of these in the modern era.

(She jumps over the battlements).

She shook a fist at the battlements.

An escalade, or attack over the battlements, was ordered.

In the south, the battlements of Bonifacio are terrific.

Then they lobbed the heads over the battlements.

A lone figure is pacing the battlements of Craigmillar Castle.

SB (left): My mother making an amazing castle cake with tiny men descending the battlements.

From the battlements, you look out across dusty meadows, towards the Portuguese frontier.

His teeth are the battlements on the castle walls of his face.

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