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# battlement

«battlement» in Mova's school dictionary: **the walls on the top of a castle, with gaps like teeth…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (battlements)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The battlements are the walls on the top of a castle, with gaps like teeth, where guards can shelter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlement/#m1)

2) A battlement is one of the raised blocks on such a wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlement/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, the tall walls of a castle or citadel where guards stand or where a creature grips

### examples

- The guards stood on the battlements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlement/#x1)
- The dragon's claws gripped the battlements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlement/#x2)
- From the battlements we could see the whole valley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlement/#x3)
- Flags flew from the castle battlements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlement/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «battlement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battlement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.