embattle

Meanings

Verb

• To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle
• to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
• To be arrayed for battle.
• to furnish with battlements; give the form of battlements to

Noun

• a merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement

Related

Similar words

• fortify

Origin

• From Middle English enbatelen, embatailen, from Old French embataillier ("to array for battle"), from en- (Latin in) + bataille.
• , from + bastiller. More at baste.