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Battlement
Battlement, a parapet usually surmounting a building, pierced with crenelles or embrasures, and designed to afford protection to marksmen who were sheltered behind the merlons or portions of wall between the embrasures. Originally introduced into castles, it soon was adopted in churches and other buildings for ornamental purposes.