English

Verb

embattle ‎(third-person singular simple present embattles, present participle embattling, simple past and past participle embattled)

1. (transitive) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
2. (intransitive) To be arrayed for battle.

Derived terms

• embattled

Etymology 2

From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- +‎ + bastiller ‎(“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste.

Verb

embattle ‎(third-person singular simple present embattles, present participle embattling, simple past and past participle embattled)

1. (transitive) to furnish with battlements; give the form of battlements to

   to embattle a wall

Derived terms

• embattled

Noun

embattle ‎(plural embattles)

1. (heraldry) a merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement