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noun
A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Any of a series of notches with fancied resemblance to such battlements, as for example around the bezel of a flashlight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: crenelation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: construction, building
noun
a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: battlement, crenelation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rampart, bulwark, wall
History
From crenellate + -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result). Crenellate is derived from French créneler (“to form the shape of a crenel, crenellate”), from Old French crenel (“crenel, embrasure”) (modern French créneau) (from Latin *crēnella, diminutive of crēna (“incision; notch”); compare Old French cren (“a notch”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first conjugation verbs).
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