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Meanings of high battlement in English

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Usage of high battlement in English
1
A night sentry passed on the high battlement, his helmet catching the glare of torchlight.
Celtic fire
2
The first torches were sparking to life on the high battlement above the west gate.
Celtic fire
3
I know. Vetus glanced toward the fort's high battlement, where a sentry was just visible through the rain.
Celtic fire
4
From a high battlement, Gurney gazed out into the rugged distance at a rock escarpment that partially framed the expanse of desert.
The Winds of Dune
5
From the high battlements of the gatehouse, the whole world spread out below them.
A Game of Thrones
6
Akbar's tomb stands in the midst of a vast garden, enclosed by four high battlemented walls.
A Handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the...
7
And when he to the right hand had turned, we passed between the torments and the high battlements.
The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell
8
Tavistock's fine church is dedicated to St Eustachius, and it has a high battlemented tower crowned with slender pinnacles.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
9
The city, which was some six miles in circuit, was surrounded on three sides by high battlemented walls, which had nine gateways.
A Handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the...
10
He runs on high battlements, gallops down steep hills, rides over narrow bridges, walks on weak ice, and never thinks, What if I fall?
Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
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