"battlement" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-battlement.wav Forms: battlements [plural]
  1. Rempart.
    Sense id: fr-battlement-en-noun-k9ww39Wn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crenellation Related terms: embrasure, merlon

Inflected forms

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