In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a 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 or through a loophole in the battlement.
The towering roof of heaven.
Any high wall for defense.
The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated
The combination of several actions into one.
A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.