English Dictionary

embattlement

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(countable) A battlement. / (uncountable) The state of being embattled.

日本語の意味

① 城壁の上部に設けられた、防御のための切れ込み（ノコ板部分）としての「垣」や「櫓」などの防御設備。 / ② （比喩的に）戦闘状態にある、または争いに巻き込まれている状態を指す。

The embattlement along the fortress wall provided cover for the guards during the midnight watch.

要塞の壁に設けられた胸壁は、深夜の見張りの間に衛兵たちに身を隠す場所を提供した。

意味（1）

(countable) A battlement.

This villa was long and low and white, and severe after its manner : for upon and about it were none of those playful ebullitions of taste, such as conical towers, domed roofs, embattlements, statues, coloured tiles and crenellations, such as are dear to architects of villas all the world over.

意味（2）

(uncountable) The state of being embattled.

While that seems unlikely any time soon, such experiences of terror and embattlement have shaped the way Mr. Maliki governs.

embattlements （ plural ）