crenelated

[ kren-l-ey-tid ]
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adjective
  1. furnished with crenelations, as a parapet or molding, in the manner of a battlement.

Origin of crenelated

1
First recorded in 1815–25; crenelate + -ed2
  • Also especially British, cren·el·lat·ed .

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How to use crenelated in a sentence

  • 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.

    Needlework As Art | Marian Alford
  • The wind moaned about the crenelated turrets; sentinels of the Pisans stood everywhere, alert for ambush.

    The Hill of Venus | Nathan Gallizier
  • Shall (or Quetta as we know it now) is described as a town of about 300 houses, surrounded by a slight crenelated wall.

    The Gates of India | Thomas Holdich