What is a battlement?

What is a battlement? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
  2. Any high wall for defense.
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A character into a hoarding can only fight enemies located in an adjacent hoarding or battlement hex.
At that time, you can replace the ground level piece by the level 2 piece on the map with its drawbridge lowered upon the battlement hexes.
This tower was raised thirty-three feet by Sir Jeffry Wyatville, crowned with a machicolated battlement, and surmounted with a flag-tower.
The geometry of the rooflights gives the building a crenellated profile so it looms over its surroundings like a brooding castle battlement.
It also required raising the limestone crenellated parapet that runs along the roof battlement.
After lunch, I snuck off to find Fort Warwick, a 300-year old English battlement built to defend her pirate colony.

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