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crenellated

British  
/ ˈkrɛnɪˌleɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. having battlements

  2. (of a moulding, etc) having square indentations

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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We’re enchanted by the very idea of crenellated ramparts and soaring towers, troubadors, jesters and knights.

From Seattle Times Apr. 9, 2024

Maine’s coastline, crenellated with deep estuaries and bays fed by rivers mixing with cold ocean water that pumps nutrients up from below, may seem like a bivalve paradise.

From Scientific American May 7, 2022

After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks moved the capital back to Moscow and power retreated behind the high, crenellated walls of the Kremlin.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2022

That’s the fantastically elaborate building with Moorish arches and crenellated walls depicted in Gros’ painting.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2020

She could see the town below her, nestled on top of a low hill, surrounded by a crenellated wall from the Middle Ages.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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