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Battlement

A parapet having a regular alternation of solid parts and openings, originally for defense, but later used as a decorative motif.
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battlement, embattlement

battlement
1. A fortified parapet with alternate solid parts and openings, termed respectively “merlons” and “embrasures” or “crenels” (hence crenelation). Generally for defense, but employed also as a decorative motif.
2. A roof or platform serving as battle post.
3. A decorative motif having the general shape of a battlement.
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Mr Morgan said: 'You can't go in free of charge at the moment but for the first time ever visitors would be able to go into the castle gallery, battlements and green spaces free of charge.'
Significantly improved access for the disabled and families with young children to new and existing buildings and to the battlement walk.
Contractors began work on a pounds 2.3m scheme to protect the battlement walls this week.
As well as walking or having picnics on the lawns, visitors can also stroll along the battlement walls or climb the Norman Keep for views across the city to the bay.
At a ceremony to take place on the castle battlement's Grand Battery, the Rt Hon Countess of Mar and Kellie, was scheduled to press the button to awaken ERNIE who was housed in Lytham St Anne's.
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But there's a martial sort of slog to the whole thing, a relentlessness that's a little terrifying, like a swarm of orcs storming a battlement. Or something like that.
It would cross the 120,000-acre Clear Fork Divide roadless area, which connects the Grand and Battlement mesas to the West Elk Mountains.
Built between 1912 and 1917, the Kingsbridge Armory was designed by the architecture firm of Pilcher and Tachau and is an outstanding example of military architecture featuring Romanesque arches, vaulted ceilings, decorative brick and terra cotta, and large battlement towers.
A serpentine wall with steps, ramps and terraces leading to the upper levels winds around and along the perimeter, undulating up and down like a mini battlement. From here, people can survey the park.
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