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What is a battlement?

What is a battlement? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. 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.
  2. Any high wall for defense.
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A character into a hoarding can only fight enemies located in an adjacent hoarding or battlement hex.
When shooting from Level 2 through the lowered drawbridge or arrow-slits, characters on battlement hexes benefit from heavy cover.
Inside each juan were stone or brick steps leading to the top of the battlement.
The elegant façade of the house is flanked by two splendid quadrilateral towers, crowned by a beautiful battlement.
After lunch, I snuck off to find Fort Warwick, a 300-year old English battlement built to defend her pirate colony.
At that time, you can replace the ground level piece by the level 2 piece on the map with its drawbridge lowered upon the battlement hexes.

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