embattled

Adjective
Synonyms: battlementedcastledcastellated

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. prepared for battle“an embattled city”
  2. having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement“a crenelated molding”Synonyms: battlementedcastledcastellated
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Embattle \Em*bat"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embattled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embattling.] [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.] To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. [1913 Webster]

One in bright arms embattled full strong. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]

Embattled \Em*bat"tled\, a.

1.Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2.(Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like. [1913 Webster]

3.Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field. --J. Baillie. [1913 Webster]

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