battlement (batlment)

[ 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 IMG:content-1758.jpg:[blocks in formation] Battlement. Fortified Church of Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France. carry four 13-inch, eight 8-inch, four 6-inch, and twenty quick-fire gunsmina speed restars The owne launched in 1896, is of 11,410 tons' displacement, has 15-inch armor, and carries four 12-inch guns in place of the 13-inch guns of the other ve els. The Kearsarge and Kentucky are of 11,525 tons' displacement, have 15-inch armor, and carry four 13-inch, four 8-inch, fourteen 5-inch, and twenty quick-fire guns. The Alabama, Illinois, and Wisconsin are to have the same displacement and armor. Of the armored cruisers, the Texas, launched in 1892, is of 6,315 tons' displacement, carries 12-inch armor, and has two 12-inch, six 6-inch, and twelve quick-fire guns. The New York, launched in 1891, is of 8,200 tons' displacement, is protected with 10-inch armor, and has six 8-inch and twenty-eight quick-fire guns. The coast-defense ve els are of the monitor type, and several of them are heavily armored and powerful ve els, mounting 10-inch and 12inch guns. The effective ve els of the British navy comprise 58 battle-ships, 14 coast-defense ships, 9 armored cruisers, 80 cruisers of inferior cla es, 19 lookout ships, 34 torpedo gunboats, and 171 torpedo craft of all cla es. A large number of ve els also are in proce of construction. The effective French navy includes 37 battle-ships, 16 coast-defense ships, 11 first-cla cruisers, 16 second and third-cla cruisers, 12 lookout ships, 13 torpedo gunboats, and 242 torpedo craft of all cla es. Of the other European navies the most powerful are those of Ru ia, capable of (nominal) of 15 knots. Iowa, D Italy, and Germany. The Spanish navy includes 1 battleship, 1 coast-defense ship, 9 armored cruisers, 1 protected cruiser, 18 second and third-cla cruisers, 80 gunboats, despatch-ve els, etc., and 27 torpedo craft of all cla es. battle-shout (bat'l-shout), n. A shout raised in battle. IMG:content-1759.png:[graphic] or through a loophole in the merlon. Battlements, although loopholes; D, D, machicolations. originally purely Viollet-le-Duc's "Dict. de l'Architecture.") military, and used A, A, merlons; B, B, embrasures; C, C, (From in battle. Thy father's battle -brand. Scott , L. of the L., ii. 15. battle-club (bat'l-klub), n. A club used in battle, especially by barbarians, as the South Sea islanders. The cursed Malayan crease, and battle - clubs From the isles of palm. Tennyson, Prol. to Prince .