Embattled meaning : To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle To prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. To be arrayed for battle. To furnish with battlements; give the form of battlements to Subject to or troubled by battles, controversy or debates. Prepared or armed for battle. Of a wall, fortress, etc., having battlements or crenellations. Drawn with a line of alternating square indentations and extensions.