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.

Noun

(wikipedia)

(countable) A battlement.

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=, title=“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/6/1 citation

, passage=This villa was long and low and white, and severe after its manner?: for upon and about it were none of those playful ebullitions of taste, such as conical towers, domed roofs, embattlements , statues, coloured tiles and crenellations, such as are dear to architects of villas all the world over.}}

* 1970 , Anthony Langham, Myrtle Ternstrom, Lundy

Embattlements and towers may have formed part of the original structure

(uncountable) The state of being embattled.

*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 26, author=Alissa J. Rubin, title=Iraq’s Leader Pushes for Election Gains, but Some Fear Iron Hand, work=New York Times citation

, passage=While that seems unlikely any time soon, such experiences of terror and embattlement have shaped the way Mr. Maliki governs. }}