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Crenelation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of rendering a building defensible by the addition of battlements or by the cutting of loopholes. See crenelate, v.
  • noun. The state or condition of being crenelated.
  • noun. A battlement.
  • noun. Any notch or indentation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative form of crenellation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
  • noun. a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
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