battlements

noun
🔊/ˈbætlmənts/
🔊/ˈbætlmənts/
[plural]
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  1. a low wall around the top of a castle with spaces in it that people inside could shoot through城垛;雉堞
    Topics Historyc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French bataillier ‘fortify with movable defence turrets’, possibly related to battle + -ment.