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A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
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What is a part of a castle called crenellations?
What were the parts of the Castle called Crenellations?
What were the ridges on a castle called?
Crenellations is on the top of the castle wall, and looks like a sawtooth pattern. The teeth are called Merlons, and the gaps between are called embrasures.
What geometric shape is a Reese cup?
Ignoring the crenellations it is a truncated cone.
What were the gaps in fortification battlements called?
The battlements themselves are known as crenellations and the gaps within them are known as crenels or embrasures. Please see the related links.
What are the sticky up bits on castle walls?
They are called crenellations, the individual bits are called crenels, and the down bits are called merlons.
Where is the crenellations in a medieval castle?
Crenels or crenellations are the up-and-down bits at the top of a wall allowing defenders protection (behind the tall bits) and space to shoot arrows (from the lower parts). Some crenels included arrow slits in the tall parts as well. Many castles, such as Dover, have had the upper parts of the walls removed so the crenels no longer exist. See links below for images:
What is a medieval crenellation?
Crenellations, also called battlements, are the defensive structures found on many castles. They consist of merlons (the higher parts which were used to hide behind) and crenels (the gaps you can use to shoot through).
What are the jagged things on top of castles?
I believe you are talking about parapets, the stones with space left between them to allow archers to fire without exposing themselves No, the parapet is what you are standing on. Battlements are the 'jagged things', otherwise known as crenellations.
What would you call a window of a castle I am writing a quick character work up and I am looking for an alternative to the word window trying to make it sound better?
Perhaps an arrowslit or "balistraria" Or maybe you should put your character on top of the castle walls so you can talk about the battlements or "crenellations".
What were battlements used for?
Battlements were/are part of the defenses of an fortified structure. They are the crenellations (evenly spaced gaps) in the top of a wall, or tower. They are designed to give defenders a chance to shoot bows (and later guns) or throw/drop things at the attacking force without exposing themselves to return fire.
What did they use for defense in medieval society?
Successfully defending a castle during the Middle Ages depended on whether the castle and its inhabitants could withstand a siege. Understanding Siege warfare was critical during the Middle Ages. The concentric castles of the Middle Ages were designed with this in mind and included defence features such as the Moat, Portcullis, Barbican, Gatehouse, Crenellations and Drawbridge.
What is the rough edge of dime called?
Answer 1:its called scrub you scrub Answer 2: The roughened or designed edge of a coin is called the milled or reeded edge. The reeding was introduced to demonstrate that the edge of the coin had not been filed, saved or clipped. (Back when the metal of the coin carried its true worth). It continues today as an aesthetic device.The British numismatic term for the reeded ridged edge is "graining" and the reeds are called "crenellations".
