battlement 
a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns • Syn: crenelation, crenellation • Derivationally related forms: crenellate (for: crenellation), crenelate (for: crenelation) • Hypernyms: rampart, bulwark, wall • Part Holonyms: fortress, fort • Part Meronyms: crenel, crenelle, merlon
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