embattled

English

An heraldic shield divided per fess embattled.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈbæt.əld/
• IPA^(key): /ɛmˈbæt.əld/, /ɪmˈbæt.əld/

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Adjective

embattled (comparative more embattled, superlative most embattled)

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

   Synonym: crenellé

Translations

subject to or troubled by battles, controversy or debates

• Dutch: omstreden (nl), omsingeld (nl)
• French: contesté (fr), encerclé (fr)
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• German: umkämpft (de)
• Swedish: omstridd (sv)

prepared or armed for battle

• Dutch: bewapend (nl), gevechtsklaar (nl)
• French: armé (fr), prêt pour la bataille
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• Romanian: înarmați pl

having battlements or crenellations

• Danish: kreneleret, forsynet med skydeskår
• Dutch: voortdurend in moeilijkheden
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• French: toujours en difficultés, crénaux d’une muraille

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

• Danish: tindesnit n
• French: crénelé (fr) m
• German: Zinnenschnitt m
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• Italian: merlato (it) m
• Spanish: almenado (es) m

Verb

embattled

1. simple past and past participle of embattle