English-Thai Dictionary

battlement

N ส่วน ของ กำแพง ที่ เป็น ช่อง ใช้ หลบ และ ต่อสู้ กับ ข้าศึก 

 

battlements

N กำแพง ที่ มี แบบ เป็น รอย เว้า เป็นระยะๆ  กำแพง ซึ่ง มี ใบ เสมา  parapet kam-phaeng-ti-mee-baeb-pen-roi-wao-pen-ra-ya-ra-ya

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BATTLEMENT

n.[This is said to have been bastillement, from bastille, a fortification. ] A wall raised on a building with openings or embrasures, or the embrasure itself.

 

BATTLEMENTED

a.Secured by battlements.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BATTLEMENT

Bat "tle *ment, n. Etym: [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.

 

BATTLEMENTED

BATTLEMENTED Bat "tle *ment *ed, a.

 

Defn: Having battlements. A battlemented portal. Sir W. Scott.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

battlement

bat tle ment |ˈbatlmənt ˈbædlmənt | ▶noun (usu. battlements ) a parapet at the top of a wall, usually of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced, squared openings for shooting through. • a section of roof enclosed by this. DERIVATIVES bat tle ment ed adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French bataillier ‘fortify with movable defense turrets, ’ possibly related to battle .

 

Oxford Dictionary

battlement

battle |ment |ˈbat (ə )lm (ə )nt | ▶noun (usu. battlements ) a parapet at the top of a wall, especially of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced squared openings for shooting through. • a section of roof enclosed by battlements. DERIVATIVES battlemented adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French bataillier ‘fortify with movable defence turrets ’, possibly related to battle .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

battlement

battlement noun the battlements were abandoned: castellation, crenellation, parapet, rampart, balustrade, bulwark, wall, bastion, fortification.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

battlement

battlement noun the castle had seven towers and high battlements: castellation, parapet, rampart, balustrade, wall, bulwark, barbican, bastion; fortification, breastwork, crenellation, circumvallation, outwork; in ancient Rome vallum; rare bartizan.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

battlement

b á t tle ment 名詞 C 〖通例 ～s 〗(銃眼などがついた城 要塞 （さい ）の )胸壁 ; (胸壁に囲まれた )屋上 .