- crenellated
-
a) Having crenellations or battlementsb) Having a series of square indentations
Wikipedia foundation.
crenellated
Look at other dictionaries:
crenellated — (also crenelated) ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a building) having battlements. ORIGIN from Latin crena notch … English terms dictionary
crenellated — [[t]kre̱nəleɪtɪd[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n In a castle, a crenellated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers. [TECHNICAL] ...crenellated turrets. (in AM, also use crenelated) … English dictionary
crenellated — or crenelated adjective Etymology: French créneler to furnish with embrasures, from Old French querneler, from kernel, crenel embrasure, diminutive of cren notch, from crener to notch; akin to Medieval Latin crena Date: circa 1823 having… … New Collegiate Dictionary
crenellated — BrE, crenelated AmE adjective technical a wall or tower that is crenellated has battlements … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
crenellated — UK [ˈkrenəˌleɪtɪd] / US [ˈkrenəˌleɪtəd] adjective in architecture, a crenellated wall or castle has battlements … English dictionary
Crenellated guardhouse, 1846 model — The crenellated guardhouses of the 1846 model (corps de garde crénelés modèle 1846) were gun batteries built along the coast of France as the result of a standardisation of coastal defence redoubts during the reign of Louis Philippe of France.… … Wikipedia
crenellated — adj. having battlements; notched; indented, having square dents like the ones in a battlement cren·ellate || krenÉ™leɪt v. build a structure with battlements or features that resemble battlements; make something with square dents or notches… … English contemporary dictionary
crenellated — adjective provide with battlements. → crenellate … English new terms dictionary
crenellated — cren·el·lat·ed … English syllables
crenellated — a. having battlements. ♦ crenellation, n … Dictionary of difficult words
