1) Battlemented 2) Beset by conflict 3) Beset by controversy 4) Beset with attackers 5) Insecure 6) Prepared for battle 7) Unsafe Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/embattled
• (imp. & p. p.) of Embattle • (a.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like. • (a.) Having indentations like a battlement. • (a.) Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/embattled/
Em·bat'tled adjective 1. Having indentations like a battlement. [ Obsolete] Chaucer. 2. (Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like. 3. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/25
In heraldry, the term embattled refers to something having its edge broken like battlements. The term is applied to a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/UE.HTM