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One more guard will be patrolling the battlements at the top, but getting past him is just a matter of timing.—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025 This isn’t a conscious effort to shore up the southern battlements?—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025 Defined by arched windows, stained glass, turrets, and battlements, the residence is largely considered the first Gothic Revival building and contributed to the widespread re-interest in the historic aesthetic.—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024 Pop inside the Church of San Martín de Tours, stop by the Palace of Orellana-Pizarro, and then make your way up to the 10th-century castle, which stood in for the battlements of the Westerosi capital in the seventh season of Game of Thrones.—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 16 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for battlement
Word History
Etymology
Middle English batelment, from Anglo-French *bataillement, from batailler to fortify with battlements — more at battle
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