a parapet wall or balustrade surrounding the flat roofs of the houses, required to be built by a special law ( Deuteronomy 22:8 ). In Jeremiah 5:10 , it denotes the parapet of a city wall.
Retaining wall.When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a BATTLEMENT for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. ( Deuteronomy 22:8 )
Among the Jews a battlement was required by law to be built upon every house. It consisted of a low wall built around the roofs of the houses to prevent persons from falling off, and sometimes serving as a partition from another building. ( 22:8 ; Jeremiah 5:10 ) [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
BATTLEMENT
bat'-'-l-ment.
See FORTIFICATION; HOUSE.
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