crenelated
furnished with crenelations, as a parapet or molding, in the manner of a battlement.
Origin of crenelated
1- 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 Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueThe crenelated battlements were transformed into mere parapets, the chemins de ronde into terraces and hanging gardens.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounBetween the circles the ducks are repeated, facing a shield enriched with rows of the crenelated pattern surmounted by a vine.
Needlework As Art | Marian AlfordThe wind moaned about the crenelated turrets; sentinels of the Pisans stood everywhere, alert for ambush.
The Hill of Venus | Nathan GallizierShall (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
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