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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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
Holmes sat in his cell at Moyamensing Prison, a large turreted and crenellated building at Tenth and Reed streets, in south Philadelphia.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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