A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 149
its adjoining crenel, in a battlement in thesense A, above. This use, though not recog-nized by the dictionaries, is warranted by thecommon use of the ])lural form, battlements, forthe general line or front of such a parapet. C. A decorative fringe or crest showingagainst the sky or against a… … Battlement ok Brick from a Garden \Vall;VenkE. battlements arc often pierced ^^•ith ornamentalopenings, or cut into elaborate tracery, leavingnothing but slender bars of stone. Some formsof battlements are traceable to a defensive pur-1)0136, but, as generally seen in buildings whichremain mtact,…
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