I. embattled adjective
Etymology: Middle English embatailed, from past participle of embatailen to furnish with battlements
1. : having battlements : castellated
2. : having the edge broken with indentations like the crenels of battlements — used especially of a heraldic device (as a fess or bend)
II. em·battled ə̇m, emˌ adjective
Etymology: Middle English embatailled , from past participle of embatailen to embattle
1.
a. : ready to fight : prepared to give battle
here once the embattled farmers stood — R.W.Emerson
b. : engaged in battle, conflict, or controversy
lends psychological support to an embattled president — R.J.Whalen
2.
a. : being a site of battle, conflict, or controversy
defending his embattled capital city — Wall Street Journal
b. : characterized by conflict or controversy
his highly diversified, often embattled experience as an educator — Nat Hentoff