"embattail" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: embattails [present, singular, third-person], embattailing [participle, present], embattailed [participle, past], embattailed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} embattail (third-person singular simple present embattails, present participle embattailing, simple past and past participle embattailed)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To embattle (furnish with, or as if with, battlements) Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-embattail-en-verb-rJ9f44ow Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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