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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Inside each juan were stone or brick steps leading to the top of the battlement.
When shooting from Level 2 through the lowered drawbridge or arrow-slits, characters on battlement hexes benefit from heavy cover.
After lunch, I snuck off to find Fort Warwick, a 300-year old English battlement built to defend her pirate colony.
The elegant façade of the house is flanked by two splendid quadrilateral towers, crowned by a beautiful battlement.
The defenders only benefit from cover if they are immediately behind a battlement or in a covered area of the town or castle.
This tower was raised thirty-three feet by Sir Jeffry Wyatville, crowned with a machicolated battlement, and surmounted with a flag-tower.

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