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crenelated

[ kren-l-ey-tid ]

adjective

  1. furnished with crenelations, as a parapet or molding, in the manner of a battlement.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of crenelated1

First recorded in 1815–25; crenelate + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

Several episcopals and their servants, entrenched upon a crenelated terrace, fired down upon us with cross-bows.

The crenelated battlements were transformed into mere parapets, the chemins de ronde into terraces and hanging gardens.

Between the circles the ducks are repeated, facing a shield enriched with rows of the crenelated pattern surmounted by a vine.

The wind moaned about the crenelated turrets; sentinels of the Pisans stood everywhere, alert for ambush.

Shall (or Quetta as we know it now) is described as a town of about 300 houses, surrounded by a slight crenelated wall.

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