English Dictionary

battlement

IPA（発音記号）

[ˈbætəɫmənt]

名詞

詩語

In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.

日本語の意味

城や砦の防御用に設けられる、切れ込みのある壁。具体的には、兵士が身を隠しつつ射撃できるよう、隆起した部分（マーロン）とその間の切欠部（クレネル）からなる防壁を指す。

A musketeer crouched behind the battlement, firing through a narrow embrasure while the merlons shielded him from enemy arrows.

銃士が狭間付きの胸壁の陰に身を伏せ、狭い狭間から発砲し、胸壁の突出部（メルロン）が彼を敵の矢から守っていた。

意味（1）

In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.

意味（2）

Any high wall for defense.

意味（3）

(poetic) The towering roof of heaven.

battlements （ plural ）