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Crenelate

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as crenulate.
  • To furnish with battlements or embrasures; render defensible by adding battlements, as a house.
  • To cut loopholes through, as a wall.
  • To add crenelations; render a place defensible by battlements.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To furnish with crenelles.
  • transitive verb. To indent; to notch.
  • transitive verb. a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To furnish with crenelles.
  • verb. To indent; to notch.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. supply with battlements
  • Word Usage
    "With this branch of their work, Captain Tempe was determined that they should be thoroughly acquainted, and they were taught how to use cover of all kinds with advantage; how to defend a building, crenelate a wall, fell trees to form an obstacle across roads, or a breastwork in front of them; and how to throw themselves into square, rapidly, to repel cavalry."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    furnish  provide  render  supply  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ventilate  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    indent  notch