Assertion: battlement | /r/AtLocation | fortification
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text: As nouns the difference between rampart and battlement is that rampart is a defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose while battlement is 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.
text: As nouns the difference between wall and battlement is that wall is a rampart of earth, stones etc built up for defensive purposes or wall can be (chiefly|dialectal) a spring of water or wall can be (nautical) a kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale while battlement is 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.