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Battlement

A battlement, in defensive architecture such as city walls and castles, is a parapet—a low protective wall between chest and head height—in which regularly spaced gaps or indentations, usually rectangular, allow defenders to launch arrows or other projectiles while the solid sections afford cover. The gaps are called embrasures, also termed crenels or cre…

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related to Further reading · 27
Battlement → An Historiographical Revision, Apparatus, Battlements, Bourgeoisie, Boydell, British Archaeological Association, Castellarium Anglicanum, Castles, Cathcart, Charles, Church, Coulson, Crenellate, Freedom, Journal, King, Kraus, Licence, Medieval Castle Architecture, Medieval Knighthood
related to Licence to crenellate · 24
Battlement → Bishops, CCTV, Charles Coulson, Chester, Coulson, Dukes, Durham, Earls, England, English Crown, In, Journal, Lancaster, Licences, Owners, Parker, Philip Davis, Such, The, The Castle Studies Group
related to history · 13
Battlement → Assyrian, Battlements, Buhen, China, Egypt, Greece, Greek, Middle Kingdom, Mycenae, Nimrud, The, The Great Wall, Traces
related to Battlements as a decorative motif · 9
Battlement → Beyond, Decorated, English, European, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Merlons, Perpendicular, Tudor
related to Indian subcontinent · 8
Battlement → Chittorgarh, European, Kumbhalgarh, Loopholes, Merlons, Middle Eastern, South Asian, The
related to Italy · 8
Battlement → European, Ghibelline, Guelph, Imperial, Italian, Loop-holes, The, V-shaped
related to Etymology · 6
Battlement → Crenel, English, French, Latin, Old French, The
related to Development in medieval Europe · 4
Battlement → From, In European, Merlons, Middle Ages
related to Middle East and North Africa · 4
Battlement → Arab, In Islamic, North African, Spanish Renaissance
related to Ancient Rome · 3
Battlement → Pompeii, Roman, Stone

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battlements merlons wall walls medieval parapet defensive crenels middle coulson called licence decorative could charles merlon architecture rectangular use solid

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city wallsinstance ofin defensive architecture0.80text
castlesinstance ofin defensive architecture0.80text
is a parapetinstance ofin defensive architecture0.80text
Battlementrelated to Ancient RomeRoman0.60section
Battlementrelated to Ancient RomeStone0.60section
Battlementrelated to Ancient RomePompeii0.60section
Battlementrelated to Battlements as a decorative motifEuropean0.60section
Battlementrelated to Battlements as a decorative motifDecorated0.60section
Battlementrelated to Battlements as a decorative motifPerpendicular0.60section
Battlementrelated to Battlements as a decorative motifGothic0.60section
Battlementrelated to Battlements as a decorative motifBeyond0.60section
Battlementrelated to Battlements as a decorative motifTudor0.60section

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