EMBATTLED

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

Adjective

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

Verb

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.

EMBATTLE

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