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crenelated

[kren-l-ey-tid]
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adjective

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

RELATED WORDS

beset, fortified, fighting, prepared, separated, torn, broken, rent, cracked, parted, riven, perforated, pierced, cloven, gash, cleave, cut, dent, scratch
Also especially British, cren·el·lat·ed.

Origin of crenelated

First recorded in 1815–25; crenelate + -ed2

crenelate

[kren-l-eyt]

verb (used with object), cren·el·at·ed, cren·el·at·ing.

to furnish with crenels or battlements.

adjective

crenelated.
Also especially British, cren·el·late.

Origin of crenelate

1815–25; < French crénel(er) to crenelate (see crenel) + -ate1
Related formscren·el·a·tion; especially British, cren·el·la·tion, noun
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Word Origin and History for crenelated
adj.

1823, past participle adjective from crenelate.

crenelate

v.

early 14c., from French créneler, from crénelé (12c.); see crenel. Sometimes also crenellate; the double -l- seems to be from a presumed Latin *crenella as a diminutive of crena. Related: Crenelated (1823), also crenellated; crenellation (1849). Earlier formes of the past participle adjective included carneled.

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