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Battlement vs Citadel - What's the difference?

battlement | citadel |

As nouns the difference between battlement and citadel

is that battlement is 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 while citadel is a strong fortress that sits high above a city.

battlement

English

(wikipedia battlement)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • Any high wall for defense.

    • Derived terms

    * battlemented

    Synonyms

    * crenellation

    References

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    citadel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
  • (sometimes, figurative) A stronghold or fortified place.
  • * 1836 , Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, The American in England (page 269)
    • Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea

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