crenelated

American  

[kren-l-ey-tid] / ˈkrɛn lˌeɪ tɪd /

especially British, crenellated

adjective

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

---

Etymology

Origin of crenelated

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

Example Sentences

It shows a complex webbing of crenelated tubes connected to a mysterious mustard-colored box.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024

This seaside respite on the Côte d’Azur was once a 17th-century soap factory yet looks like a castle thanks to a Scottish lord who, in the early 1900s, added turrets and crenelated ramparts.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2024

Unlike pancake-flat Delft, the Washington suburb where I live is a crenelated topo of rolling hills, such that if I rode anywhere I was sentencing myself to multiple back-breaking climbs just to get home.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2023

“Yarn bombers” around the country have been hard at work for months creating everything from golden coaches to crenelated castles and jewel-encrusted crowns that will add fuzzy bits of color to the coronation festivities.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023

The facade of a grand building rises gracefully, pilastered and crenelated.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr