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Battlement
BATTLEMENT. 1. A parapet built around the flat roof of a house to prevent people from falling off. The law of Moses required that all houses be so equipped (
2. A low wall on the top of a city wall to protect soldiers as they defended the city (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
bat’-’-l-ment.
See Fortification; House.