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crenellation

[kren-l-eyt] Origin

cren·el·ate

[kren-l-eyt] verb, -at·ed, -at·ing, adjective
verb (used with object)
1.
to furnish with crenels or battlements.
adjective

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Also, especially British, cren·el·late.


Origin:
1815–25; < French crénel(er) to crenelate (see crenel) + -ate1

cren·el·a·tion; especially British, cren·el·la·tion, noun
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crenellate or crenelate (ˈkrɛnɪˌleɪt)
 
vb
1.  to supply with battlements
2.  to form square indentations in (a moulding, etc)
 
[C19: from Old French creneler, from crenel]
 
crenelate or crenelate
 
vb
 
[C19: from Old French creneler, from crenel]
 
crenel'lation or crenelate
 
n
 
crenel'ation or crenelate
 
n

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crenelate
early 14c., from Fr. créneler, from crénelé (12c.); see crenel. Sometimes also crenellate; the double -l- seems to be from a presumed L. *crenella, dim. of crena. Related: Crenelated (1823), also crenellated; crenellation (1849). Earlier formes of the pp. adj. included carneled.
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