embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated
(adjective) having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; “a crenelated molding”
embattled
(adjective) prepared for battle; “an embattled city”
embattled
(adjective) (of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict; “the state legislature called for the embattled governor’s resignation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
embattled (comparative more embattled, superlative most embattled)
Subject to or troubled by battles, controversy or debates.
Prepared or armed for battle.
Of a wall, fortress, etc, having battlements or crenellations.
(heraldry) Drawn with a line of alternating square indentations and extensions.
Synonym: crenellé
embattled
simple past tense and past participle of embattle
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bat"tled, a.
1. Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Her.)
Definition: Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.
3. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field. J. Baillie.
Em*bat"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embattled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embattling.] Etym: [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.]
Definition: To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. One in bright arms embattled full strong. Spenser. Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. Emerson.
Em*bat"tle, v. i.
Definition: To be arrayed for battle. [Obs.]
Em*bat"tle, v. t. Etym: [See Battlement.]
Definition: To furnish with battlements. "Embattled house." Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 May 2024
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