Cyclopædia
Assuming battlement is required, the following 3 results were found.
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BATTLEMENTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/BATTLEMENTS
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ACROTERIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ACROTERIA
on the tops of temples or other buildings. See CROWNING. Sometimes it also denotes those sharp pinnacles, or spire battlements, which stand in ranges about flat buildings, with rails and balusters. See PINNACLE and BATTLEMENT. The word, in its original...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Architecture
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THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface
and Darts, and Flames." How do they riot in "Meadows trim with Daisies pied; shallow Brooks, and Rivers wide: Towers and Battlements they see bosomed high in tufted Trees." Sometimes, they raise up "Knights, and Squires, and Maids forlorn; or, Lover...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction