- a variation of crenelated.
crenellated
Britishadjective
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having battlements
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(of a moulding, etc) having square indentations
Example Sentences
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A creaking staircase that overlooks crenellated battlements leads to the Long Gallery, another Anne of Cleves addition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
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
The estate was ringed by a ten-foot crenellated stone wall, complete with the original guard towers and walkways.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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