embattled

adjective

• 1(of a place or people) involved in or prepared for war, especially because surrounded by enemy forces:the embattled northern province
• (of a person) beset by problems or difficulties:the worst may not be over for the embattled Chancellor

• 2(of a building or part of a building) having battlements:the church has a low embattled tower
• [postpositive] Heraldry divided or edged by a line of square notches like battlements in outline.