Embattled Definition

ĕm-bătld
adjective
Prepared or arrayed for battle.
Webster's New World
Engaged in a battle, conflict, or controversy.
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Being subjected to attack, criticism, etc.
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Of a wall, fortress, etc., having battlements or crenellations.

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(heraldry) Drawn with a line of alternating square indentations and extensions.

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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of embattle.

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Embattled Sentence Examples

  • The large parish church of St Teilo has a low embattled Perpendicular tower.

  • This is a beautiful specimen of Perpendicular work, embattled, flanked by spired turrets, and covered with panel work.

  • It has interesting brasses of the 15th and 16th centuries and an early embattled tower.

  • It is an episcopal see, and possesses a Gothic cathedral, dating from 1524, and constructed with massive embattled walls and belfry so as to resemble a fortress.

  • The church of St Michael has a Norman square embattled tower surmounted by a spire, and an apsidal chancel.

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