| 单词 | battlemented |
| 例句 | He found himself on a roof of lead, enclosed by the battlemented parapet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z About the lowest tier, two hundred feet below where Sam now stood, there was a battlemented wall enclosing a narrow court. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z From my seat I could look down on Thornfield: the grey and battlemented hall was the principal object in the vale below me; its woods and dark rookery rose against the west. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was the oldest building they’d seen: a simple battlemented tower four stories high. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A growl from Pantalaimon prompted her, and just briefly she saw someone there on the very top, looking down over the battlemented rim, and not a child either, but a young man, with curly hair. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Right over the lake, deep-set in precipitous mountain walls, towers the battlemented crest of Eagle Cap, which the people of Wallowa now declare to be the highest mountain in Oregon, 12,000 feet in elevation. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z The first of the equinoctial gales raged from the south west, thundering against the battlemented crags of Cornwall, shrieking up the Devonshire valleys. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z This palace was distinguished by a feature not very common in the architecture of Roman edifices; that is to say, a medi�val tower, square, massive, lofty, and battlemented and machicolated at the summit. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z As soon as I espied its battlemented church lying in a wooded bottom below me, I kept a more easterly course, and, leaving Henley-in-Arden far to the left, passed down toward Leek Wootton. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z And of a truth the space enclosed within these battlemented walls would have afforded shelter to a great community. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Landward it shuts in the castle, whose turreted keep rises high above the ivy-grown battlemented walls, crowning a rocky island in a sheltered corner of the loch. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z They are sometimes ornamented with a small battlemented moulding. The Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and Illustrated 2012-02-16T03:00:02.940Z Doreen appeared in the small battlemented garden, but stood aside, out of respect to the vanquished braves. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z It was a massy, time-worn building, rising in some places to the height of six storeys, battlemented at the top, and roofed with grey stone. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z Returning, he reported a low roof that sloped down to battlemented walls pierced with loop-holes through which arrows and boiling water were wont to shower down on the besiegers. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z When we came to Castle Bay, rain was falling upon its waters, on the battlemented castle perched upon a rocky, sea-weed-covered islet, and on the town, set against a background of high bare hills. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z This last was interesting to me, for we Northern Hildebrands have always used as our crest a battlemented tower with flames issuing from its summit. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z The great gate was open, and he stepped through it toward the battlemented terrace that he saw beyond. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z Her eye does not trace heaven's battlemented walls, in those grand masses of white clouds—the blue expanse beyond is not eloquent of the near world unseen. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Her dark flushed face was shining as they came out on the rue Thiers and stood for an instant, glancing up at the battlemented walls of the dark old Castle. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z It is a pretty city, with a wide river flowing through it, many bridges—one with a great stone archway—a new cathedral, and a battlemented, turreted castle high above the river. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z In a corner she espied a spiral staircase which seemed to lead up into one of the battlemented towers she had noticed outside, and she imagined it a way of escape, so up she ran. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z People are there as numerous as grass on the steppe, or as stones in the Dniester; strong battlemented walls; tower after tower. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The Britain of 1600 was a country of fortified manors, battlemented castles, thatched and wattled farmhouses, picturesque chimneystacks, half-timber work, winding tower staircases, and tracery-windowed abbeys, minsters, and little parish churches. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z From within the parapet, which is not battlemented, rises a rather steep pyramidal roof. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z These must be the woods of Lecceto, and in their depths the red battlemented tower of the Hermitage. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z It was twelve feet high, was strengthened by towers at the extremities, and in the center was a battlemented gateway, which opened a passage to the troops. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z It is entirely composed of brick—sombre and solid in character—it has a flat roof and is battlemented. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z The great walls of the belfry are three feet thick, and the roof was probably battlemented or crenellated. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z The parapet along the north walls of the church, like that along the south walls, is pierced and battlemented, the design differing in different parts. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z When suddenly, over the tree-tops, rose the square battlemented tower of red brick. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z Meanwhile, he hastened to the baraduri, an elegant structure which was approached by a flight of steps and stood in the angle of two high battlemented walls. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z The walls were pierced with narrow loopholes for the discharge of arrows, and crowned by a battlemented breastwork. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z It, too, probably had a battlemented top, which has now been changed. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z The parapet of the Lady Chapel, however, is not pierced, but is simply battlemented. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z But climbing walls and hurdles and squeezing between the close tight ilexes, brought us only to more walls, above which, as above the oak-woods from a distance, rose the inaccessible battlemented tower. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z She was leaning forward in an embrasure of the battlemented wall. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Meanwhile, on the turret a lonely figure paced round and round its battlemented heights in the shivering cold, but all unconscious, and insensible to its chilling influences. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z From the first storey access was had to the upper crenellated or battlemented portion of the tower by a ladder of wood placed interiorly against the side of the flat wall. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The walls of this are finished by a pierced battlemented parapet similar to that which runs round the south porch. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z It was towards the close of a glorious day, mellow in all the richness of autumn, that he first caught sight of the great massive towers and battlemented walls of Dalradern Castle. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Frowning and battlemented were its walls, either perched on the top of precipitous rocks, whose base was washed by the salt billows, or rising from the narrow strand which separates the hill from the ocean. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z The castle itself stood on an eminence; was built of good solid masonry, with a battlemented tower rising from its centre, but without any special design. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The medieval battlemented walls superposed on it are picturesque. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Across the end of the hall, cutting off the western part of it to form the main passage spoken of above, is a battlemented screen. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z All that is left of the thirteenth century castle is the gabled keep, looming high on a rock just back of the town, and some fragments of the battlemented curtains. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Nothing," says a recent traveller, "can surpass the majesty and beauty of the towers and ramparts, the battlemented walls, impregnable castles, and gracefully pinnacled cathedrals into the forms of which their summits are built up. Blanche 2011-02-27T03:00:34.170Z Not but I was proud of the pretentious edifice, proud of its lofty towers and battlemented terraces, its immense proportion, and splendid extent. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z Thus the city, with its dun-colored walls, swam in the poppies like an island against whose battlemented shore blue waves surged and tossed. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z The width is about 25 ft.; from bastion to bastion runs a battlemented curtained wall about 10 ft. high. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z There is a high outer wall, all battlemented, pierced by a single gate; and then an inner ward, also with a single gate, flanked by heavy defending towers. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z A new picture followed, less bright but equally clear, the picture of a long, battlemented rampart, marked with a series of round, machicolated towers. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z We were outside a range of lofty battlemented walls, approaching a wide gate flanked by an imposing tower that might belong to the Middle Ages. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise France, capital of department Vaucluse, on the left bank of the Rhone; enclosed by lofty battlemented and turreted walls, well built, but with rather narrow streets. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis But the Castle itself, that had crowned the hill with its shining battlemented twin-towers, and had queened the landscape far and wide--where was it? Regina or the Sins of the Fathers It spans what is now the principal street, and consists of two battlemented towers, pierced with loopholes in each of their four stories, and connected by a retiring wall also loopholed. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z In the Tudor period depressed four-centered arch prevails; transoms of windows battlemented. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance Here and there we turned to look down on Jerusalem, lying there bathed in the sunlit haze—a toy city, it seemed, with its little round-topped houses, its domes and minarets, its battlemented walls. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Above rose the outlines of battlemented walls; of ruined pointed windows, lovely in decay; of crumbling stairways, rich mouldings and pointed roofs. Glories of Spain The latter was built about 1640, and is a fine specimen of the feudal "donjon keep" with battlemented walls, moats, drawbridge, portcullis and all the other paraphernalia of the days of romance. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future In the centre was a battlemented gateway, of sufficient strength to resist any force that could be brought against it, by the rude enginery of native warfare. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 In the Perp. it was frequently battlemented as well as panelled. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance At the distance, as it seemed, of scarcely more than three hundred feet, were seen distinctly the battlemented walls of a city of great size and strength. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa As late as 1871, the wonderful old walls, massive and battlemented, were pulled down to find work for the poor. Glories of Spain Encircled by battlemented walls, and standing in a wide demesne, a stranger is at once struck with the unusual beauty of its surroundings. Under the Mendips A Tale Externally, it was a compact rectangle of red stone, flanked at each corner by a round tower, pierced for archery and battlemented at the top. The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses Parapets are in general use, and are almost always battlemented. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance On the steep hill in the rear a noble and picturesque mediæval castle rears its battlemented towers above long lines of cliffs. Dürer Artist-Biographies Above, on either hand, masses of rolling verdure, tall forest trees, undergrowth in rich profusion, and, high up against the blue sky, battlemented rock walls. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion The bishop continued to chat pleasantly as he led his visitors along the broad terrace walk on the top of the battlemented wall. Under the Mendips A Tale Over the edge of the nearest black and battlemented wall of Lansa's palace thrust the muzzle of a large caliber ray-gun. The Golden Amazons of Venus Every house was a fortress, from whose battlemented roof and loop-holed windows a shower of stones, arrows, and javelins fell upon the besiegers. Hernando Cortez Makers of History It has pushed itself up into towers and turrets, with pinnacles and spires rising from its battlemented walls. An American Girl Abroad A battlemented parapet finishes the top of the bridge. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See On the morning of the third day he found himself beside a wide stream, which was crossed by a long bridge, beyond which rose the battlemented towers of a strong castle. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur Upon the wide plateau at the top, with battlemented walls and towers outlined against a turquoise sky, stood a high pitched castle whose topmost turrets seemed suspended from the heavens above them. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch Externally it was a compact rectangle of red stone, flanked at each corner by a round tower, pierced for archery and battlemented at the top. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) It was twelve feet high, strengthened by towers at the extremities, and in the center was a battlemented gateway, which opened a passage to the troops. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Friday.—Colvin and I are sitting on a seat on the 94 battlemented gardens of Old Monaco. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) They were seated in the garden of the palace, a peaceful Arcadia which it was difficult to realise was only separated from a dusty and concrete world by a battlemented wall which formed the horizon. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts All 210 the roofing of the building has quite disappeared, but its battlemented towers and walls remain to give a good idea of the architectural perfection that must have belonged to it. Legends & Romances of Brittany Far on high from the battlemented roof; far down from the vaulted cellars; without, from the courtyards; within, from unseen chambers, came the uproar of fighting-men. A Castle in Spain A Novel The sombre, battlemented walls of the jail looked grim and merciless through the gray of the day. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist As the only excuse for the battlemented parapet is its alternation of shadow, so the only fault of the natural or level parapet is its monotony of line. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The double girdle of walls of the castle, with well-preserved battlemented towers, is the principal factor in the effect. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia It is built on the top of a hill which overhangs the Trieux, and from one of its battlemented galleries a splendid view of the windings 204 of the river can be obtained. Legends & Romances of Brittany About nine o’clock the next morning the fog was slowly dispersed, and Falmouth, with its extended tower, its battlemented castles, and the forests of masts, was opened before the weary voyagers. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series The body of the church is also battlemented, and has pinnacles, the westernmost of these having the figures, within a niche, of St. George and the dragon. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time This consists of a huge square, 1-1/4 miles each way, entirely surrounded by battlemented walls, and further protected by a wide and deep moat. Burma Peeps at Many Lands Wolsey built part of it, and beneath the battlemented wall enclosing the garden there was not long ago found the skeleton of a soldier in armor, a relic of the Civil Wars. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The doorway itself, which is not acutely pointed, stands under a gable which reaches up to the plain battlemented parapet of the flat narthex roof. Portuguese Architecture Above the gonpa rises a battlemented tower, visible from a great distance. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery The road dipped between two slopes that cut off the view, and, when he had passed them, the battlemented silhouette seemed to show deeper and the sky lighter. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real We made a lot of batteries, and everything was ready for the assault of the wall, which is battlemented and forty feet high, but of inferior masonry. General Gordon A Christian Hero The gallery is wainscoted in oak in semicircular arched panels, alternately large and small, surmounted by a frieze and a turreted and battlemented cornice. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Half-way up on the west side is a small window with a battlemented balcony in front projecting out on three great corbels; higher up are plain belfry windows. Portuguese Architecture The cliffs were terraced and battlemented in red and white and gray. Rimrock Trail The sculpture is surrounded by a frame arched at the top and inclosed by an architrave with battlemented cornice. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 A park, a road bordered by cottages and a pretty house or two, and a battlemented church-tower deep among yews, and hollies, and ivy-trees—Fetcham is as pleasantly small and quiet as her western neighbours. Highways and Byways in Surrey The enclosure covers about twelve acres, encircled by a moat now drained, and a battlemented wall from which towers rise at intervals. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Outside the buttresses are square below and three-cornered above; all the walls are battlemented; the aisle windows are tall and round-headed. Portuguese Architecture And there, with the russet of an oakwood behind, rises a square huddle of buildings, a tall brick watch-tower, battlemented and corbelled in the midst, and a great bay-tree at each corner. The Spirit of Rome As yet, behind their ramparts, stern and proud, Her bolted thunders sleep,— Dark Sumter, like a battlemented cloud, Looms o’er the solemn deep. How the Flag Became Old Glory Conspicuous to the right, 2 M. north of the station, is the battlemented tower of "Greystone," once the home of Samuel J. Tilden and now owned by Samuel Untermyer, the N.Y. lawyer. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It was twelve feet high, and had a tower at each end, and in the centre a battlemented gateway through which the troops passed. The True Story Book Later a tower with battlemented top and low square spire was built at the west end of the aisle, and some thirty years ago another aisle was added on the south side. Portuguese Architecture Miles of battlemented masonry, pierced every few feet for bowmen, surrounds the straggling mass of buildings. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Presently I came to a great Moorish gateway, a dark mass of stone, battlemented, with a lofty horseshoe arch. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia The “bolt” fell on the north-east corner tower, hurling to the ground, inside and outside, massive fragments of the battlemented parapet. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter This wall was pierced by huge battlemented gateways, opening upon the four principal streets of the city, and over each gate was a kind of arsenal filled with arms and warlike gear. The True Story Book The garden with its battlemented enclosure, contiguous to the sea wall, rang from morning till night with the sound of the detonations. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Behind the throne is what appears to be a conventual building of rather singular appearance, with round, square, and octagon towers, and surrounded by a battlemented wall. Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Its upper part has been built upon a battlemented wall, and doors have been let into the wall. The Story of Madras We made a lot of batteries, and everything was ready for the assault of the wall, which is battlemented and 40 feet high, but of inferior masonry. The Life of Gordon, Volume I Violet wont up the sloping path that led to the grim old gateway under the gloomy arch, and still upward till she came to a sunny battlemented wall above the shining sea. Vixen, Volume III. His jacket stretched like pliofilm to enclose the bulk of his stooped shoulders, and his eyes surveyed his world behind the battlemented heaviness of the puffing flesh that filled their sockets. Citadel At the foot of the crenelated, battlemented walls of the church are the white, pink, and blue walled houses of the huddling population, and the dory-like boats of the fishers. The Automobilist Abroad Of the structure which existed in the fourteenth century, the chateau of Rambouillet retains to-day only a great battlemented tower, and some low-lying buildings attached to it. Royal Palaces and Parks of France The parapet is battlemented, not for military purposes but for ornament, and at intervals are the beginnings of panelled pinnacles, set diagonally and partially embedded in the battlements. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Just through the big gates lay the battlemented works, and toward them pressed the mob, now drunk with the hunger to destroy. The Rapids In the upper stories the parapet is battlemented, and a square tower built over arches projects from the frontage. The Strand District The Fascination of London At one end of the hill was the castle rock, crowned with the towers, and bastions, and battlemented walls of the ancient fortress. Rollo in Scotland A steady breeze carried us in sight of Ardnamurchan, when, steering to the east, standing close to the sea-coast, we passed Castle Mingary, the battlemented walls of which presented no opening. A Yacht Voyage Round England It is a monastery on the edge of the town, overlooking the Dnieper and flanked with battlemented walls to withstand the attacks of the infidels in olden times. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 He lived in a magnificent palace outside the town, built in the midst of a park, of which the battlemented wall cannot have been less than five miles in circumference. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Above the battlemented walls, the airy spires and mighty pyramids of the City of Churches rise from thirty-five parishes, and from four and thirty monasteries. The Story of Rouen He saw a frowning, battlemented stronghold away off to the left. The Pirates of Ersatz A tunneled, revetted, embrasured and battlemented citadel filled with rusty armor and broken lances. The Short Life These are of perpendicular work, with their spandrils panelled and their cornices battlemented, as shown in the engraving. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum The palace is surrounded by a great wall, a mile long each way, four miles in length altogether, very thick, ten feet in height, all white and battlemented. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World But at nightfall Drury's Bluff flitted by like the battlemented wall of a city, and then we saw no more. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Twenty feet above them, an inner battlemented wall offered excellent opportunities for the inhabitants of the castle to throw things down at visitors who after admission turned out to be undesired. The Pirates of Ersatz The same may be said of the tower, which is battlemented, and finished off with pinnacles surmounted by balls, and has a somewhat heavy appearance. Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The parapet is battlemented and the angles are finished with fine double pinnacles. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See Before him flashes upon his eyes a full view of the illuminated castle with its towers and battlemented turrets; at his feet lies the abyss, thundering with the roar of falling waters. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The tower is battlemented, and has some individual gargoyle heads around its gutter, and the barrel roof of the interior has richly carved wooden bosses, with the remains of painting upon them. Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland Who can tell even the name of him who planned the sombre, battlemented walls of Agde, or of that great man who first saw in poetic vision the delicate choir of Saint-Nazaire in Carcassonne? Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 Five of the eight enormous battlemented towers remain, and the flamboyant window of the chapel on the upper floor of the building is still preserved. Brittany & Its Byways The roof is battlemented, and the tracery in the windows is graceful. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Shouts run all along the battlemented walls; ringing bows are drawn and javelin thongs twisted: all the ground is strewn with missiles. The Aeneid of Virgil Teams were hitched to the narrow plank walk before the battlemented wooden stores. A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen Our home while in the town was one of the best of the battlemented towers, and consisted of a room sixteen feet square, on a stone platform. Southern Arabia A view of this in 1718 gives a very long battlemented body in two stories, with a square tower surmounted by an open belfry and vane. Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London The church is a very fine Perpendicular building, of a warm rose colour, and it has a high battlemented tower from which three figures look out of their niches. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts The battlemented wall was the cradle of civic life. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Thus the streets gradually lengthened out into the lanes, and brick blocks slowly replaced the battlemented wooden stores of earlier frontier construction. The Eagle's Heart The castle is what one likes a castle to be—a mass of battlemented stone, with a keep, a gateway, and a history, and yet more habitable than ever. Highways and Byways in Sussex It had the usual long, narrow windows, a suitable hall, wainscoted rooms, battlemented walls, and turreted angles. The Two Admirals The nave and towers are battlemented, and at intervals in the outer walls are niches, now bereft of the figures they held. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Engravings of Sherlock's palace show battlemented angle towers, and a recessed main building which is very picturesque. Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London Externally, it is a pile of high battlemented wall, completely buried in ivy, forming within a large area, that was once subdivided into courts, of which however, there are, at present, scarcely any remains. Recollections of Europe Once beautiful, the old battlemented house had an air of proud desolation, as if scorning pity, since it could no longer win admiration. The Castle Of The Shadows Each compartment consists of a large canopy decorated with quatrefoils, and battlemented. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See The tower is battlemented, and the church must have been partly rebuilt, for parts of it are early English and the rest late Perpendicular. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts At the south-western angle is an octagonal turret staircase, capped by a pyramidal roof rising from within a battlemented parapet, and terminating in a carved finial. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings The parapet is battlemented, and of course of later work than the tower itself. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey Above this is a battlemented parapet sloped at each end to follow the lines of the aisle-roofs. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See He'd have been a castle, an early Tudor castle, battlemented and surrounded by a moat, fortified, of course, and impregnable to the enemy, unless they treacherously blew him up. Set in Silver The church is of rose-coloured stone, and has a high battlemented tower, in which are niches with figures in them. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts The tower is finished with a battlemented parapet. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings Notwithstanding his legislative career, New York was almost an unknown country, and this battlemented mystery overawed him like a frowning bastion. The Henchman Wherever we went we found bits of old carving, remains of columns, sections of battlemented roofs. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two A brass band—the members in full uniform of bright colors, with little rimless red-and-gold caps—is playing under the battlemented garden-wall which backs the sands in one place. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Here and there, some huge pile of masonry would rear itself above its lower neighbors, and, where the streets were wider, occasional groups of large buildings would be surrounded by battlemented walls. Temple Trouble The tower is crowned with a pierced battlemented parapet having pinnacles at the corners and at the middles of each side; within this rises a low pyramidal roof. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings On arrival at the inmost courtyard with whitewashed, battlemented walls, and green-tiled roofs beyond, they found it thickly lined with soldiers, a clear space being left for them in the centre. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond The battlemented wall was quite as high as his shoulder. The Lady of Fort St. John From my seat I could look down on Thornfield: the gray and battlemented hall was the principal object in the vale below me; its woods and dark rookery rose against the west. Studies in Early Victorian Literature Up to the time of the earthquake the old mansion from which Lord William Campbell fled at the beginning of the Revolution, was adorned by a battlemented roof. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' The battlemented parapets which we so often meet with in Norman towers are in all cases more recent additions. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings Used as a jail some centuries ago, it has long been known as St. Alban’s Grammar School; the battlemented house S.W. of the archway is the residence of the head master. Hertfordshire At the foot of the slope, where golden domes and crosses, snowy white monasteries and battlemented walls, gleamed among masses of foliage punctuated with poplars, swept the broad Dnyepr. Russian Rambles He is thinking of the girl of the battlemented garden at Beaucaire. The Motor Maid Every view from the distance for miles around is dominated by the battlemented and many-towered walls of the castle, which surmounts a hill overlooking the town. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland The modern place, though presenting a martial kind of appearance with its battlemented mud walls, contained only ten inhabitants, who live like so many rats in holes or under the piles of ruins. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government The Tower is Perp., of flint and dressed stone, battlemented, and surmounted by a small spire; the basement has long been utilised as a saddler’s shop. Hertfordshire Nor did his admiration diminish as he advanced, and, crossing by a battlemented bridge over the moat, he viewed the massive character of the buildings rising grandly from their rocky foundation. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour For twenty miles in sight are the battlemented cliffs of the Palisades. The Harris-Ingram Experiment Through his eyes we look seaward to where Dark Sumter, like a battlemented cloud, Looms o'er the solemn deep. Literary Hearthstones of Dixie The legends of Shivaji's prowess still lingered in Maharashtra, where the battlemented strongholds which he built crown many a precipitous crag of the Deccan highlands. Indian Unrest High on the stairway, where it entered the base of a battlemented wall under an arch of heavy stonework, a solitary monk was drawing water from a well and sluicing the steps. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 So they first visited the church, a building in the form of a cross, with an imposing battlemented tower. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement The wall is battlemented, flanked with towers, and is provided at certain intervals with fortified gates. The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 When they reached the point where the corridor branched off into many smaller passages, Linda entered one that opened through a sharp-arched door upon the top of a battlemented tower. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century Every fortified city or town in China is surrounded by a wall, ch’êng, composed usually of two battlemented walls, the space between which is filled with earth. Myths and Legends of China Within a castle's battlemented walls, In crimsoned dungeon lay fair Scotia's queen: Like drooping sorrow seemed she oft to lean Her weary head. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 Across the stream stands Villeneuve, like a castle of romance, with its round stone towers fronting the gates and battlemented walls of the Papal city. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series The long, stratified faces of rock escarpments caught the glow of the sliding sun and became battlemented towers of ancient story. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West Along the eastward front of the enclosure there accordingly runs a battlemented covering wall of stone, averaging some thirteen feet in height. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt This fortalice chiefly consists of a battlemented round tower, supported by strong bastions, and pierced, here and there, by small windows, strongly barred. Willis the Pilot The Mount Music stable yard was an immense square, with buildings round its four sides, and a high, ivy-covered battlemented wall surrounding and overlooking all. Mount Music On another slope a full mile away stood the Castle, ancient battlemented, starkly splendid, one westward-facing window burning as with fire. Charles Rex Upon stumbling upon these latter acceptable articles, one naturally falls to wondering whether this world-famed firm of biscuit-makers suspect that their wares sometimes penetrate even inside the battlemented walls of Herat. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama These spurs, which are not battlemented, served in place of towers. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt You then see it in a band of dark blue-grey, all even in texture, serrated and battlemented and towered, with the metallic shining of the dawn behind it. Hills and the Sea The two irregular octagon turrets on each angle are of the same date as those on the south, and, like them, have weathered and battlemented parapets to the top of their side walls. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See But there came from the battlemented roof above us a low, long, mournful moan that made its way straight to my heart, armed with its dart of outraged pride and trust betrayed. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 It had been a wonderful day, spent in sailing down the majestic Danube, till they reached the grey old building with its battlemented walls. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians The Weedon system of fortification eschews lofty towers and threatening battlemented walls, and all that constitutes the picturesque; so that Weedon Barracks look scarcely more warlike than a royal rope manufactory. Rides on Railways Some of these, without thought of the cold Otsego winters—ice and snow on the battlemented roof—made leaks frequent and disturbing. James Fenimore Cooper He took down a sort of battlemented superstructure erected long after the Norman period, and built the present conical roof. Beautiful Britain—Cambridge That battlemented hull, Tantallon o' the sea, Kicked in, as at Boston the taxed chests o' tea! John Marr and Other Poems The beautiful early landscape with a battlemented castle, now or lately in the possession of Mr. T.W. The Later Works of Titian The church is late Perp., with aisles, clerestory, and a battlemented W. tower with a good spire. Somerset These square battlemented towers can be seen here and there in every district. The Glories of Ireland A few miles below Trim, and an equal distance from the old royal palace of Tara, Bective Abbey stands on the northern bank of the Boyne, with a square, battlemented tower overshadowing its cloistered quadrangle. Ireland, Historic and Picturesque The house is an irregular structure, without pretension to architectural design or ornament, but having something noble in its appearance, which is helped out by a fine portico and battlemented roof. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay On the exterior of the church the chapel of the Lunas raised its battlemented towers, forming an isolated fortress inside the Cathedral. The Shadow of the Cathedral It has an old church, with a heavy battlemented tower. Somerset The city, which was some six miles in circuit, was surrounded on three sides by high battlemented walls, which had nine gateways. A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood There was a house with charming high brick gables at either end, with little battlemented crow-steps, and with graceful chimney-stacks at the top. The Silent Isle As yet, behind high ramparts stem and proud Where bolted thunders sleep, Dark Sumter like a battlemented cloud Towers o'er the solemn deep. Ailsa Paige From the centre of the roof carry up a square tower with battlemented parapets and pinnacles at all corners, and flying buttresses from the turrets of the main buildings. A Mere Accident But this time it proved to be a great battlemented mass of cloud on the horizon. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 2 Akbar's tomb stands in the midst of a vast garden, enclosed by four high battlemented walls. A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood The little battlemented church on the summit, which has nave, aisles, and chancel, has a legendary origin and is dedicated to St. Michael. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association "Where are the guns?" asked Monsignor, who was looking about him, at the empty leads, the battlemented parapet against the sky, and then back at the servant's figure. Dawn of All Its church is a fine one, with tall battlemented tower and a goodly amount of Norman work. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Of the variously panelled and battlemented parapets, of nave, chancel and aisles a view of 1864 gives no visible hint. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Behind us, the sky-line was a panorama of the Holy City, domes, minarets and curved stone roofs rising irregularly above gray battlemented walls. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace Peel, on the west, is chiefly remarkable for its rocky island near the shore, on which there are the ruins of a castle and churches surrounded by a battlemented wall. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association Each new rise or fall in the valley held fresh and delightful surprises for her; in the craggy peaks she pointed out castlements, and towers, and battlemented strongholds of ancient princes and kings. The Hunted Woman Encircled by a triple girdle of black battlemented walls, the town is built near Cape Apcheron, on the extreme spur of the Caucasian range. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent The tower is in two stages, a lofty lantern story having two transomed two-light windows on each face and a shorter upper one having smaller windows without transoms and a battlemented parapet. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains And yet, as she had approached the house, sitting again beside the Colonel, she had looked with a new thrill of interest at its imposing battlemented façade. The Bent Twig It has a long battlemented roof and massive square tower, and possesses many old brasses and monuments, besides a font of the time of Edward III. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association No vegetation grew upon it, and through the haze of sunlight its barren sides and battlemented crags gleamed a dark and humid red after the morning mists, as if freshly stained with blood. The Hunted Woman It was exactly like the front of Notre Dame, with one slender aiguille, like a flagstaff, shooting up from the top of one of its battlemented towers. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Inside the gate of the Kasbah one comes on more waste land and on other walls—for all Moroccan towns are enclosed in circuit within circuit of battlemented masonry. In Morocco Externally, it was a compact rectangle of red stone, flanked at each corner by a round tower, pierced for archery and battlemented at the top. The Black Arrow As yet, behind their ramparts stern and proud, Her bolted thunders sleep— Dark Sumter, like a battlemented cloud, Looms o'er the solemn deep. The Poems of Henry Timrod At first Amory noticed only the wealth of sunshine creeping across the long, green swards, dancing on the leaded window-panes, and swimming around the tops of spires and towers and battlemented walls. This Side of Paradise It stood in the fairest place of all the forest, and was enclosed of high Walls battlemented, and within were fair-windowed halls. The High History of the Holy Graal Its height was nearly a hundred feet, and it had a battlemented parapet showing sharp against the sky. The Little Lame Prince Its walls were surmounted by a battlemented parapet; but the gray lead roofs were quite visible behind it, with their gutters, laps, rolls, and skylights, together with incised letterings and shoe-patterns cut by idlers thereon. The Woodlanders The huge, frowning feudal castle standing upon its battlemented rock was mine; I was a great heiress, and I was, so to speak, the chieftainess of the clan. The White People On its summit stood clumps and stretches of fir-trees, whose notched tips appeared like battlemented towers crowning black-fronted castles of enchantment. Tess of the d'Urbervilles It is now a farmhouse, but its two battlemented towers proclaim its former importance as the chief seat of the family of Metcalfe. Yorkshire He looked up at the cusped and battlemented gateway opposite him, shifted his regard to the Eye, and shook his fist vindictively at the latter. The Bronze Bell A battlemented portal of Gothic appearance defended the entrance to the avenue. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Beyond the tower ran the battlemented wall of the enclosed garden, its foundations draped in the thrifty vegetation of the rocks. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story Between its two heavy battlemented towers are a statue of Edward III. and his coat-of-arms; and over the gate Sir Isaac Newton had his observatory. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 After this the line of fortifications turns to the north, and Walmgate Bar shows its battlemented turrets and its barbican, the only one which has survived. Yorkshire Here she seated herself on the battlemented wall, as calm, in outward seeming, as if she had been in her own drawing-room. Run to Earth A Novel This path was defended both above and below the castle by gates that were battlemented and to which guard-rooms were attached. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe In parts it is battlemented; and its belfry, a wall of basalt pierced with a lancet-arch to hang bells, hints at earthquakes. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I It seems a shapeless pile of towers and machicolated and battlemented curtains, falling into almost complete ruin. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc I have not now at least one battlemented tower. Poems As yet, behind their ramparts, stern and proud, Her bolted thunders sleep-- Dark Sumter, like a battlemented cloud, Looms o'er the solemn deep. War Poetry of the South C�sar continued on to the Piazza Venezia, contemplated the palace of the Austrian Embassy, yellow, battlemented; and stopped under a big white umbrella, stuck up to protect the switchman of the tramway. Cæsar or Nothing My little Elodie," said he, as they walked along the battlemented city walls towards the great gate, "have courage. The Mountebank Each buttress of the apse is battlemented outside and forms a turret, and two strong towers are adapted internally to serve as a transept and a porch. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc Annas and Caiaphas went out upon the battlemented walls to find out the cause. Historical Miniatures We observed variety of towns, with battlemented walls and ancient turrets, crowning the pinnacles of rocky steeps, surrounded by wilds, and rude uncultivated mountains. Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents Near the trenches are to be seen the remains of battlemented walls, tiles, and ruins of an ancient settlement, perhaps destroyed by the waters of the river which in time undermined its foundations. Cæsar or Nothing Only a very narrow terrace walk, with battlemented parapet, lay between the back of the house, and a precipitous descent of a hundred feet to this rivulet. Malcolm The older portion was battlemented, and had been frequently held against powerful enemies; but this part of the building was merely the nucleus of many more modern additions. A Daughter of Fife The three rams sprang up and stood like rocks, their huge battlemented heads held high as they scanned the depths below them and the peaks above for new danger. The Grizzly King The old building stood high, its battlemented roof commanded the narrow streets, and there was a broad open space all round. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" It has battlemented walls and great gates like a fairy-tale city. Olivia in India From behind their battlemented wares the country mice waged wordy war with the town mice over the price of merchandise. A Versailles Christmas-Tide The façade is of two stories, and battlemented. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 An interesting battlemented tower, with a fine view. Twixt France and Spain A part had fallen and blocks of sun-baked mud lay about in piles, but the long, white front, with its battlemented top and narrow, barred windows stood firm. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" I did not go into Cittadella by daylight, but only saw its battlemented outer walls. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement Following its upper line, relieved against the gray sky, he made out a broken front and one tower massively battlemented. The Prince of India — Volume 02 One of them, straight before us, on the opposite side of the abyss, looked exactly like a long, one-storied building, with a flat roof and a battlemented parapet. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan Dunany, with its court-yard, where wines, climbing roses and Virginia creepers grew luxuriantly over the battlemented walls, reminded me of descriptions I had read of Moorish houses in sunny Spain. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland He was all in hand when he led his men up over a rough stone causeway to a door in the bottom of a high battlemented wall and waited for somebody to open it. King of the Khyber Rifles He had brought down his light instrument from the battlemented parapet for safety, and now, pulling up his rope ladder, he coiled it on the floor. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story He passed over two hills and under the battlemented gate, and then round by a left-hand way to the door of the Abbey. The Secret Rose They are all alike, these forts; a battlemented wall of thick planks, with banquettes for riflemen, and loopholed for heavier guns. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville "No," I answered; "it is composed of several towers surrounded by very strong, battlemented walls." The Broad Highway After partaking of fruit and tea we continue on our way to the nearest gate-way of the city proper, Khoi being surrounded by a ditch and battlemented mud wall. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran I have seldom seen so beautiful a bit of building: it was a great square battlemented tower, with a turret, the mullioned windows stopped up with sea-worn boulders. Escape, and Other Essays Fear and cold at last benumbed the little boy, and when he woke he was being lifted from his seat and torches were flashing on a high escutcheoned doorway set in battlemented walls. The Valley of Decision Louis gave her his arm, pursued the path in the opposite direction, and emerged at the lower end of the bowling-green, with the battlemented front of the house rising before them. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 There was a considerable space, square, leaded and protected by the battlemented parapet, with a deep moulding round, and a gutter resulting in the pipe smoked by Ethel's likeness, the gurgoyle. The Trial To the east, seated upon her hills, stood the crowned and battlemented city, the massive White Tower rising above the fortifications. The Prince and the Page; a story of the last crusade Or shall we bid the heroes of old France Scale full equipped the battlemented wall, And so revive the simple-strained romance Their fame inspired our troubadours withal? The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations For the east front has a battlemented wall, and the battlements are shield-shaped. The Spell of Egypt Its classic front, of the period of the second Charles, derived from its regular features a dignity which the great, battlemented, heterogeneous mansion of his wife could not eclipse. A Group of Noble Dames Startled by the appalling sound, he turned and beheld upon the battlemented parapet on his left a tall ghostly figure, whose antlered helm told him it was Herne the Hunter. Windsor Castle A turret, loopholed and battlemented, projected from each of the four corners of the house, enabling its inmates to enfilade every side with a raking fire of musketry, affording an adequate defence against Indian foes. The Golden Dog The long lines of battlemented walls spread down the mountain to the Loire, and were defended by thousands of steel-clad serving-men. Burlesques Between the old and the new Rue du Temple, there was the Temple, a sinister group of towers, lofty, erect, and isolated in the middle of a vast, battlemented enclosure. Notre-Dame De Paris It was a castellated mansion as regular as a chessboard on its ground-plan, ornamented with make-believe bastions and machicolations, behind which were stacks of battlemented chimneys. A Group of Noble Dames A broad passage ran between the rise of the roof and a battlemented parapet. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald The whole place is guarded by a strong and high rampart, with bastions and battlemented walls; and the only entrance is through three gateways, one immediately behind the other, with a small court between. Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners) The second, which was about forty yards behind the first, was guarded by a deeper ditch, from which rose a perpendicular stone wall, battlemented at top. History of Phoenicia Besides these larger openings, there were several loopholes and little square apertures, which might be supposed to light the staircase, that doubtless climbed the interior towards the battlemented and machicolated summit. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni This palace was distinguished by a feature not very common in the architecture of Roman edifices; that is to say, a mediaeval tower, square, massive, lofty, and battlemented and machicolated at the summit. The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni A broad trail marked the way the two horses had come, and it led off to the left, toward where the monuments were thickest, and where the great sections of wall stood, broken and battlemented. Wildfire Two battlemented walls, one of which faced the avenue, and the other divided the court from the garden, completed the enclosure. Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since There was first a ditch deeper than the outer one, while behind this rose a perpendicular battlemented wall to the height, from the bottom of the ditch, of nearly forty feet. History of Phoenicia Donatello, shrinking from the battlemented wall with a face of horror. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni No sooner had I entered this battlemented mansion than a cold chill struck through me, as with a sense of some brooding terror. Old Friends, Epistolary Parody They project below the ten main windows, two in each, and are arched, with battlemented tops or cornices. Old English Libraries There was an abutting window, which opened on a small projecting balcony of stone, battlemented as is usual in Gothic castles. Kenilworth From my seat I could look down on Thornfield: the grey and battlemented hall was the principal object in the vale below me; its woods and dark rookery rose against the west. Jane Eyre He was glad to let himself quietly downward out of the mid-sky, as it were, and alight on the solid platform of the battlemented tower. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni |
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