castellated

American  

[kas-tl-ey-tid] / ˈkæs tlˌeɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.

2. having many castles.

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castellated British  

/ ˈkæstɪˌleɪtɪd /

adjective

1. having turrets and battlements, like a castle

2. having indentations similar to battlements

   a castellated nut

   a castellated filament

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Other Word Forms

• castellation noun

Etymology

Origin of castellated

< Medieval Latin castellāt ( us ) ( castle, -ate ¹ ) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But currently, only one room - what was once Gwrych's chapel - has been returned to the way it looked when Winifred, Countess of Dundonald, lived at the castellated mansion more than 100 years ago.

From BBC

His first sight of Kardamyli is of an enchanting, castellated hamlet at the sea’s edge, where towers, turrets and cupolas rise above houses built of golden stone.

From The Guardian

Take a detour to the castellated tower that you spy in the distance rising into the blue Tuscan sky.

From The Verge

A castellated turret and scowling gargoyles mark the Long Island City Clock Tower as one of Queens’s most treasured landmarks.

From New York Times

But the gargoyles still glower atop the Long Island City clock tower, alongside its castellated turret, copper windows and granite shields.

From New York Times