battlement vs garrison

battlement

noun
  • Any high wall for defense. 

  • 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. 

garrison

noun
  • A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment. 

  • The troops stationed at such a post. 

  • A permanent military post. 

  • Occupants. 

verb
  • To convert into a military fort. 

  • To occupy with troops. 

  • To assign troops to a military post. 

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