battlement

== Anglais == === Étymologie === Étymologie manquante ou incomplète. Si vous la connaissez, vous pouvez l’ajouter en cliquant ici. === Nom commun === battlement \Prononciation ?\ Rempart. In fortification, a battlement is 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. A battlement is any high wall for defense. ==== Synonymes ==== crenellation ==== Vocabulaire apparenté par le sens ==== embrasure merlon === Prononciation === Connecticut (États-Unis) : écouter « battlement [Prononciation ?] »