The round tower is much restored, but very pretty with its flushwork and brick battlements. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Below the battlement was a room, and - as Maedhlyn had said - it was filled with interlocking wheels and levers. From Wordnik.com. [Last Sword Of Power]
Along one side of the square there ran the high brick wall, topped with a kind of battlement, that guarded the Maharajah's palace grounds from the eyes of men. From Wordnik.com. [Rung Ho]
Perpendicular tower with battlement and pinnacles. From Wordnik.com. [Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts] Reference
And flow'rs as of yore, thy old battlement wreathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832] Reference
Her battlement and towers, from off their rocky steep. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans"] Reference
She stood next to Pagonel on the battlement of Dharyan. From Wordnik.com. [Immortalis]
They surged up the battlement steps to join the fighting. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
What cared we for its shot or shell, for battlement or bar?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
The prince grunted, turning away to gaze over the battlement. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
Over a hundred paces straight up before there was a battlement. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Reborn]
And battlement, and plank, and pier whirled headlong to the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Graded Poetry: Seventh Year] Reference
The tablet at the top of a wall, running under the battlement. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829] Reference
The law providing for the battlement on the roof of a new house, xxii. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Old Testament] Reference
Heave over the coping stones from the battlement, an better may not be. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4] Reference
The upper part of each is shown to finish on top with a battlement parapet. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
Anselmo, look out on this scene below us here, as we sit on our lofty battlement. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
The battlement-crowned gateway is still one of the architectural marvels of England. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
That, too, could be climbed, though the winding stair led only to a broken battlement. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Honour]
The two packs crouched as one of Woodcarver's bombs exploded just beyond the battlement. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
In it there was a single gate of iron, and upon its battlement sentinels paced unceasingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
Part of the tower, that to the west, has a battlement, while the rest has a low gabled roof. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
We shuddered as we looked up from below at the battlement from which the child was suspended. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
On the top of the head there is an ornamental battlement, composed of dog-tooth pieces of cork. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
A battlement or balustrade was required on the houses, very like our laws requiring fire escapes. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
A very good exterior view of this east end can be obtained from the battlement of St. Faith's Chapel. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
With these words John led his army out against the enemy, leaving some few men to guard the battlement. From Wordnik.com. [Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI.] Reference
National Guard, which halted in front of an enormous old building, furnished with battlement and bartizan. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844] Reference
There is a sort of false battlement worked on the rim, and in the middle a cow is to be seen in high relief. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
She sprang from battlement to battlement, a distance of nine feet and four inches, and eloped with her lover. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861] Reference
At the top are placed some pieces of battlement work, of which there is a great amount in different parts of the building. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
To his astonishment, he found himself standing on the seaward battlement of General Gor's coastal fortress, Kelder at his side. From Wordnik.com. [The Misenchanted Sword]
These two hills rise precipitously from the plain; and being capped by a wall-like battlement bear a strong resemblance to Steep. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1] Reference
Here the trap came in contact with the battlement of the bridge, causing the pony to fall down, and the two men fell on top of him. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
There were shouts from behind him and he crossed the battlement and peered down at the gate where Harper and his men were on guard. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
The men were stationed behind a makeshift battlement of plump sacks; evidence that they had foreseen that the doors might be assaulted. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
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