battlement

Example Sentences

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A gun sits atop a buried battlement under the flags, part of a vast underground network of German defenses.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2019

But in the six decades that the Henderson Castle loomed over 16th Street NW, it was probably the city’s most impressive faux battlement.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2017

Rigid, they seemed less bosom than battlement, and I wondered at my own inflexibility.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2016

Their favorite part of the home is its roof terrace, located in one of the battlement towers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2016

As they flitted across they glanced back and saw the great black shape upon the battlement; then they plunged down between high rock-walls in a cutting that fell steeply to join the Morgul-road.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien