embattled

English

An heraldic shield divided per fess embattled.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈbæt.əld/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɛmˈbæt.əld/, /ɪmˈbæt.əld/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

embattled (comparative more embattled, superlative most embattled)

Subject to or troubled by battles, controversy or debates.
Prepared or armed for battle.
Of a wall, fortress, etc., having battlements or crenellations.
(heraldry) Drawn with a line of alternating square indentations and extensions.

Translations

subject to or troubled by battles, controversy or debates

Dutch: omstreden (nl), omsingeld (nl)
French: contesté (fr), encerclé (fr)

German: umkämpft
Swedish: omstridd (sv)

prepared or armed for battle

Dutch: bewapend (nl), gevechtsklaar (nl)
French: armé (fr), prêt pour la bataille

Romanian: înarmați pl

having battlements or crenellations

Dutch: voortdurend in moeilijkheden

French: toujours en difficultés, crénaux d'une muraille

(heraldry) drawn with a line of alternating square indendations and extensions

French: crénelé (fr) m
German: Zinnenschnitt m

Italian: merlato (it) m
Spanish: almenado (es) m

Verb

embattled

simple past tense and past participle of embattle

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