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Definitions of embattled in various dictionaries:
verb - fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense
verb - prepare for battle or conflict
adj - prepared for battle
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| (of a place or people) involved in or prepared for war, especially because surrounded by enemy forces. |
| Prepared or fortified for battle or engaged in battle: embattled troops an embattled city. |
| Beset with attackers, criticism, or controversy: an embattled legislative minority. |
| (of a building or part of a building) having battlements. |
| having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement |
| prepared for battle |
| beset with attackers or controversy or conflict |
| having a lot of problems or difficulties: |
| experiencing a lot of problems or difficulties: |
| Embattled might refer to |
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| A battlement in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (i.e., a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals to allow for the launch of arrows or other projectiles from within the defences. These gaps are termed "crenels" (also known as carnels, embrasures, or wheelers), and the act of adding crenels to a previously unbroken parapet is termed crenellation. Thus, a defensive building might be designed and built with battlements, or a manor house might be fortified by adding battlements, where no parapet previously existed, or cutting crenellations into its existing parapet wall. The solid widths between the crenels are called merlons (also cops or kneelers). A wall with battlements is said to be crenelated or embattled. Battlements on walls have protected walkways (chemin de ronde) behind them. On tower or building tops, the (often flat) roof is use |